Qualification:

The academy recognizes the full breadth of academic medical and engineering sciences ranging from fundamental science to social science. Fellows elected to the Academy will be well recognized by their peers nationally and internationally for their contributions to the promotion of medical and engineering sciences They will have demonstrated leadership, creativity, distinctive competencies & background, and a commitment to advance academic medical and engineering sciences. Such individuals are elected to the organization after a nominating and peer review procedure that seeks to recognize those who are marked by a record of substantial accomplishment. Election to Fellowship in the Academy is considered one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian medical and engineering science community and carries with it a covenant to serve the Academy and the future well being of the medical and engineering sciences irrespective of the Fellow’s specific discipline. Fellows of the Academy are entitled to use the designation FCAMES (Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Medical and Engineering Sciences)..

Nominations

The Canadian Academy of Medical and Engineering Sciences (CAMES) is currently accepting nominations for Fellowship.

 

Three letters of nomination are required. CAMES will consider applications where none of the nominators are CAHS Fellows. The primary nominator must provide a letter of nomination that introduces the nominee and co-nominators, the primary nominator accepts responsibility to co-ordinate the entire application.

 

We recognize that those nominated for the Academy represent the pinnacle of their respective fields. To facilitate transparent, impartial, and fair assessment of nominations, the Academy has developed guidelines to assist both reviewers and nominators in more clearly understanding the criteria upon which decisions are made.

 

Please take time to review guideline to determine which is most appropriate for your nominee and include relevant and concise information in the nomination package that will help Academy reviewers understand why the nominated individual has met and exceeded these criteria and therefore should be selected as a Fellow.

 

Preparing a Fellowship Nomination – Guidelines

 

2026 Nomination Form

 

Nominations are adjudicated by the Fellowship Committee in May.  Nominees are advised of outcomes by the end of July, but information is embargoed until Induction ceremony in September.

 

A large number of outstanding candidates are nominated each year. It is inevitable that some are not elected in the first year.  Nominations are active for one year after the first submission and updates to the original nomination package are accepted through this period. If an applicant is unsuccessful on two occasions, they will need to wait two years to re-apply.  What constitutes an update?  Well, it may be the replacement of one piece of the original submission or the entire nomination package.

 

To be accepted as a carry forward nomination, we must receive written intent to join the process for 2026.