Membership of the Academia Europaea (MAE) is an award conferred by the Academia Europaea to individuals that have demonstrated "sustained academic excellence".
[2] Membership is by invitation only by existing MAE and judged during a peer review selection process.
[3] Members are entitled to use the post-nominal letters MAE.
[4] New members have been announced annually since 1988.
[5][6] For a more complete list see Category:Members of Academia Europaea..[7][8][9][10][11] Some Members of the Academia Europaea have received very prestigious awards, medals and prizes, such as: To be considered for election to honorary membership, candidate should be people who, by means other than through their own individual scholarship have made a significant contribution to the achievement of the objectives of the Academia Europaea.