External Awards
The IEEE works with other societies to increase nomination for all awards.
The Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education was established in 2001. This award is given to a US Citizen or US permanent resident that has identified new modalities and experiments in teaching and learning that have demonstrated to beneficially impact the effectiveness of contemporary engineering and technology education. The nomination deadline is 4 April and recipients of this award receive a gold medallion, certificate, and cash honorarium.top of page
The Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science was established in 1990. It is presented annually to a distinguished member of the international scientific community for work in a presccribed discipline that changes each year. The nomination deadline is 31 May and recipients recieve a gold medal and cash honorarium.
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The Vannevar Bush Award was established in 1980. This award recognizes and individual who, through public service activities in science and technology, has made an outstanding contribution toward the welfare of mankind and the nation. The nomination deadline is 15 November and recipients receive a medal.top of page
The C&C Prize was established in 1985. It is presented to recognize outstanding contributions to R&D Activities and pioneering works in the area of C&C. The nomination deadline is 31 May and recipients will recieve a certificate, plaque and cash honorarium.
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The Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award was established in 1972. It is presented annually to an individual who has a record of meaningful involvement in the work of ABET over a significant period of time. His/her work shall include significant contributions at several levels in one or more of the major activities of ABET as an elected officer, an accreditation commision member, or service on standing or special committees. The nomination deadline is 31 May and recipients receive a certificate and special desk award.
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The Heinz Awards were established in 1993. These awards are given for outstanding contributions in the areas of arts and humanities, environment, human condition, public policy, and technology, the economy and employment. The nomination deadline is in October of each year and recipients receive a medallion and cash honorarium.top of page
The Hoover Medal was established in 1929. This award is given for great and unselfish, non-technical service, by an engineer to his fellow man. The nomination deadline is 15 February and recipients of this award will receive a gold medal and a certificate.top of page
The Japan Prize was established in 1984. This award is given to people from all parts of the world whose original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind. The selection of recipients takes place each January and recipients receive a certificate, medal, and cash honorarium.top of page
The Kyoto Prize was established in 1984. It is an international award given to honor those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. The prize is presented annually in each of the following categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. Candidates for the Kyoto Prize are nominated by official Kyoto Prize nominators and recipientes will receive a diploma, gold medal and cash honorarium.
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The Lemelson-MIT Prize Award was established in 1995. This award is bestowed upon US citizens or permanent residents who have had outstanding mid-career inventors, who have developed a patented product or process of significant value to society, which could be or has been adopted for practical use. the nomination deadline is XXX and recipeints will receive a cash honorarium.
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The Marconi Prize was established in 1975. It is presented annually to an individual or individuals for innovation in information technologies for broad public benefit. The nomination deadline is 30 June and recipients will receive a work of sculpture and cash honorarium.top of page
The Millenium Technology Prize was established in 2004. This award is presented every other year to individuals that promote technological research and innovation that have a positive impact on the the quality of life, alleviate fears towards technological change and encourage discussion between technology specialists and societal decision makers. The nomination deadline is 1 October 2009 and recipients receive a trophy and cash honorarium.top of page
The National Medal of Technology and Innovation was established in 1980. This award is given annually to individuals or a team up to four, companies or divisions of companies for their outstanding contributions to the Nation's economic, environmental, and social well-being through the development and commercialization of technological products, processes and concepts; technological innovation; and development of the Nation's technological manpower The nomination deadline is 30 May and recipients will receive a medal.
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The Alfred Noble Joint Prize Award was established in 1929. This award is given to a member of any grade of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute fo Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the IEEE, or the Western Society of Engineers. IT is given for a technical paper of exceptional merit accepted by the Committee on Publications or a committee of like standing, for publication in any of their technical publications, provided that the author has not passed their 35th birthday at the time the paper is submitted to the society in its final form. The nomination deadline is 1 May and the recipent will receive a certificate and honorarium.
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The Fritz J. and Delores H. Russ Prize was established in 1999. It is presented every other year to recognize engineering achievement within an emerging engineering discipline that has significantly impacted society and has contributed to the advancement of the human condition through widespread use. The nomination deadline is 4 April and recipients will receive a gold medallion, certificate and cash honorarium.top of page
The Elmer A. Sperry Award was established in 1955. This award is given for a distinguished engineering contribution which, through application, proved in actual service, has advanced the art of transportation whether by land, sea, air or space. The term contribution as here used includes, but is not limited to, such contributions as devices or procedures in the fields of safety, precision, comfort, dependability, reliability, economics in production or use of vehicles, or a combination of several such elements. The nominations are accepted on a continuous basis until their meeting in mid-October. Recipients of this award receive a bronze medal, certificate, and copy of the biography of Elmer A. Sperry.top of page
The Charles Stark Draper Prize was established in 1989. It is presented annually to recognize achievements in all engineering disciplines. The nomination deadline is 4 April and recipients will receive a gold medallion, certificate and cash honorarium.top of page
The Washington Award was established in 1919. The award recognizes devoted, unselfish, and preeminent services in advancing human progress. It was named as a reminder that the United States first president was an engineer. The nomination deadline is 30 June and recipients receive a coin, medallion and plaque.
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