MAINTENANCE/ENGINEERING DIVISION

The CIM Fellowship Award
At its November 1986 meeting, CIM Council established a new award, the CIM Fellowship, to recognize members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the mining, metallurgical and petroleum industries. The award differs from existing CIM awards in that a larger number of members can be recognized - up to 10% of the membership can be CIM Fellows - and the recognition visibly continues after the time of presentation. A CIM Fellow can place "FCIM" after his name when deemed appropriate.

The selection of CIM Fellowship Award winners is under the auspices of the CIM President-Elect and recipients are chosen through a three-tier process designed to promote uniformity and fairness.

Conditions of Award

1. Candidates shall have a minimum of ten years of current , continuous membership in the Institute.
     
2. Each nomination shall be endorsed by at least five CIM members.
    
3. Completed nominations shall be forwarded to the appropriate technical Divisions/Societies where a Fellowship Committee, consisting of at least five people, shall review the nomination and make recommendations to the Selection Committee.
    
4. The Selection Committee, chaired by the President-Elect and consisting of the Chairmen/President of each Division/Society, shall review only nominations submitted on the official Nomination Form.
    
5. Nominations shall be submitted to CIM Secretariat no later than December 31st of the year prior to that in which award is to be presented.
    
6. No posthumous Fellow nominations shall be considered.
    
7. A citation not to exceed 30 words shall appear on the Nomination Form.
    
8. Fellow membership for any individual shall not remain in effect unless his/her membership is in force.

Criteria for Nomination

The following criteria shall be considered in the selection of CIM Fellows:

a) Contributions to CIM.

b) Contributions to the mining, petroleum and metallurgical industry.

c) Contribution to society and mankind.

d) Contributions to education

e) Special distinction (awards, honours previously received).

f) Other significant contributions.

• The McParland Memorial Medal
• The CIM Fellow-ship Award
• JD (Pat) Patterson Memorial Scholarship
• Nominating a Distinguished Lecturer