Each tier. Earned, not assumed.

For students, graduates, career-changers and early practitioners. Signals formal commitment to professional standards from the outset.

• Current student, recent graduate, or early-career practitioner
• Commitment to AIAA Code of Ethics
• Annual CPD participation

For qualified practitioners actively working in AI or directly adjacent fields. Verified, credible, current, accountable.

• Demonstrated professional AI use (no minimum years of experience)
• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience
• Reference from an employer or business contact

For practitioners who have passed AIAA's formal assessment of competence. Conferred through internal advancement from Member (MAIA) standing. It cannot be purchased.

• Existing Member (MAIA) standing
• Successful completion of AIAA Certification Assessment
• Demonstrated portfolio of supervised AI delivery

For leaders who have shaped the direction, governance, or application of AI at a significant level. The highest active designation is conferred on existing members by the Fellowship Committee and is never purchased.

• Material leadership contribution to AI practice, policy or research
• Endorsement by two existing Fellows
• Approval by the Fellowship Committee

For Fellows whose contribution constitutes a career of consequence. Decade-spanning impact. Permanent, with no renewal required.

• Continuous Fellowship of demonstrable consequence
• Career-defining contribution to the profession
• Conferral by the Governing Council