| Ordinary Fellowship |
election is by approval of Council, by written
application supported either by recommendation by three Fellows or
by written statement of the candidate's interests in geology. The
current subscription rate is £20 per annum. |
| Family Fellowship |
available to an Ordinary Fellow and a member
of his/her family residing at the same household. The current joint
subscription is £30 per annum. |
| Senior Fellowship |
available to an Ordinary Fellow of one or more years
membership who has attained the age of sixty. Senior Fellows do not
receive the Scottish Journal of Geology. The current subscription
rate is £10 per annum. |
| Life Fellowship |
available to Ordinary, Senior or Family Fellows by one
single payment of a composition fee. This fee is fifty times the current
ordinary subscription and allowance is made for previously paid annual
subscriptions. |
| Associate Fellowship |
available to persons under 23 years of age at the beginning
of the session of their admission or undertaking full-time education
during the session of their admission (Junior Associates) or to ordinary
members of the Glasgow Geological Society (Glasgow Associates). The
current subscription rate for Junior Associate is £4 per annum,
Glasgow Associate £10 per annum. |
| Honorary Fellowship |
conferred on an individual in recognition of merit or
achievement in the science of geology, elected by a majority of votes
at an ordinary meeting of the Society. The normal limit of Honorary
Fellows of the Society is fifteen. |
| Corresponding Fellowship |
conferred on an individual of scientific merit or achievement
outside the United Kingdom, elected by a majority of votes at an ordinary
meeting of the Society. The normal limit of Correponding Fellows of
the Society is twenty. |
| Distinguished Fellowship |
conferred on an individual in recognition of service
to the Society, elected by a majority of votes at an ordinary meeting
of the Society. The normal limit of Distinguished Fellows of the Society
is ten. |