Fellowship  Committee

AIA Fellows are recognized with AIA’s highest membership honor for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. Architects who have made significant contributions to the profession and society and exemplify architectural excellence can become members of the College of Fellows. Only 3% of AIA members have this distinction.

Each year, AIA San Francisco’s Fellowship Nominating Committee reviews the submission packets of local Fellowship candidates and nominates the strongest candidates to the National office.

Please visit the AIA National Fellowship page if interested in pursuing a Fellowship to eligibility, schedule and feeds, and resources. Candidates for fellowship must be an AIA architect member in good standing and have at least 10 cumulative years of architect membership. You can verify your membership tenure by emailing aiamembershiphistory@aia.org.

2026 Fellowship Submission Timeline

Final deadline for all online subscriptions is October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET (2 PM PT).

If you would like to pursue your candidacy after reviewing the submission information, you will need to submit the materials at the bottom of this letter to AIASF’s Fellowship Nominating Committee for review.

Your materials must be received by the AIASF office by 1:00 p.m. on Monday, July 24^th.

Subsequent submission dates to the committee for review will be:

1:00 pm on Friday, August 22nd

1:00 pm on Friday, September 19th

2026 Nominating Committee