Vocabulary check: [Fellow of the] Royal Society [Fellowship]?

[xela]

Quick question for my British friends: Until a few minutes ago, when I heard of someone that they had received a Royal Society Fellowship, I took that as equivalent to saying that person is a Fellow of the Royal Society. I now (based on a passing reference in the "The Life Scientific" episode with Carol Robinson, which I'm in the middle of listening to) think I was completely wrong about that. But I wanted to check with those of you who are closer to the subject to be sure. That is, I now believe an FRS is something of a lifetime achievement award, though generally given well before retirement. And a Royal Society Fellowship is a research grant, generally received early in one's post-PhD career, and along the same lines as many other postdoctoral fellowships. Am I right?

Comments

[sammason.livejournal.com]

One of these, perhaps https://royalsociety.org/grants/schemes/university-research/

You're right that FRS is a lifetime achievement award https://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/

[nuclearpolymer.livejournal.com]

You probably already know this, but the terminology is pretty much the same in the US. There are a number of professional societies where you can be made a fellow or senior fellow, and that is a sort of honor generally awarded to mid or late career people, though the degree of selectivity varies widely. And there are also fellowships, which are more commonly given to grad students. The confusing thing is that some of the grad student awards also call their recipients fellows. So as far as I've heard in the US, "fellowship" always means a grad student or early career post-doc award, but being a "fellow" can potentially mean either thing, depending on context.