Membership/Applications + Nominations

Online Nominations and Promotions

Congratulations to our new 2025 Associate Members, Members, and Fellows!

The College will be accepting applications for 2026 Associate Member, Member, and Member to Fellow promotion in mid-August 2025. The deadline for application submissions is September 25, 2025.

**Activity Sheets will be unavailable in the system starting Friday, August 1, 2025 through Tuesday, August 12, 2025.

All new membership additions will be decided by the Membership Committee and recommended to Council during the January 2026 ACNP Annual Meeting. New members will be announced at the ACNP Business Meeting. All nominees will be notified by mid-January 2026.

IMPORTANT REMINDER:  New Associate Member and Member nominees must have attended a minimum of one ACNP Annual Meeting prior to applying for membership.

Preparing to apply for Membership | Synopsis of Membership Considerations | 2025 Membership Information Sheet

The 2025 guidelines and submission documents are included below:

Associate Member Nomination
Instructions & Guidelines 2025 | Industry and Government/Regulatory Applicant Documents (ZIP)

Member Nomination
Instructions & Guidelines 2025 | Industry and Government/Regulatory Applicant Documents (ZIP)

Promotion from Member to Fellow*
Instructions & Guidelines 2025

*Please download your Activity Sheets from the “My Activities” tab on the conference website by clicking here. Current Associate Members and Members may also log-in to the ACNP website and select “My Activities” from the Members Only column on the left-hand side of the page.  Please confirm all information is correct, save as a PDF to upload during submission. 

Membership Mentors

Membership mentors are recent past Membership Committee members who have agreed to counsel prospective membership nominees and/or their nominators on membership application to the College. Mentors may offer advice as to whether a prospective applicant is likely to be competitive and if they are, aspects of the application process that might enhance their likelihood for success.

The members included on this list of Membership Mentors have agreed to be contacted by applicants and their nominators.

Nominees and/or nominators seeking advice from these individuals should know they are offering their best advice, but they do not speak for the Membership Committee nor Council. There is no guarantee following their advice will result in a successful application.

Promotion Guidelines

Article III, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution states, “Fellows shall be chosen from Members who have not less than five years standing as Members and who have made substantial contributions to the College and to the field of neuropsychopharmacology.” (To be eligible for promotion you must have become a Member in 2020 or earlier.)

The current guidelines for promotion to Fellow weigh participation in the College and career advancement.

The criteria for participation in the College include:

  1. Has attended at least 75% of the Annual Meetings since becoming a member (mandatory minimum for automatic promotion)
  2. Has presented at 2 annual meetings within their term as a member. (Poster Presentations Included)
  3. Is a reviewer in good standing with Neuropsychopharmacology and/or NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
  4. Has served on a committee or has volunteered to serve.
  5. Has served as a mentor or has volunteered to serve.

Members are urged to apply for Fellow status since this is the pool from which Council and Officers are selected. Any Member meeting the mandatory minimum attendance requirement plus 3 of the 4 additional contribution criteria will be automatically promoted to Fellow, however you must still complete the application even if you are eligible for automatic promotion.  

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