diff --git a/scipost_django/templates/email/fellowship_nominees/fellowship_invitation_initial.json b/scipost_django/templates/email/fellowship_nominees/fellowship_invitation_initial.json
index 01a8d5d5524691a9cc834182f2ec33b4f1eb7a44..f9272fd541eefc4b16b810e1017ced3a66c16f04 100644
--- a/scipost_django/templates/email/fellowship_nominees/fellowship_invitation_initial.json
+++ b/scipost_django/templates/email/fellowship_nominees/fellowship_invitation_initial.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
     "subject": "Invitation to become a Fellow at SciPost",
     "recipient_list": [
-        "nomination.profile.email"
+        "nomination.profile.email",
+        "nomination.profile.contributor.user.email"
     ],
     "bcc": [
         "edadmin@"