Quality of Nomination: You as nominator obviously believe that your candidate is worthy to receive the particular award for which you are nominating him/her. Therefore it is up to you, through the quality of your documentation, to assist the Selection Committee, Awards Board and Board of Directors, in viewing the achievements of your candidate as you do.

The importance of the quality of the nomination itself, and of the supporting endorsement letters,cannot be overemphasized. The nomination and endorsements should be as specific, accurate, and complete as possible. It is imperative that the true merits of your candidate be conveyed through this information. Keep in mind that in some cases those involved in the selection process may have no personal knowledge of the candidate and will lean heavily on the documentation for the information they need to make reasonable judgments.

The following information will assist in the preparation of the nomination:

1. Candidate Eligibility: Any person may be nominated for an IEEE medal or award, regardless of IEEE membership, with the following exceptions:

•        IEEE Board of Directors- Exception: BoD Emeritus Member

•        IEEE Awards Board

•        Technical Field Awards Council – members are not eligible for consideration for an IEEE Technical Field Award while serving on this council.

•        Medals Council- members are not eligible for consideration for an IEEE Medal while serving on this council.

•        Recognitions Council- members are not eligible for consideration for an IEEE Recognition while serving on this council.

•        Medal of Honor recipients cannot receive an IEEE Medal for the same work.

•        Medal recipients cannot receive another Medal or Technical Field Award for the same work.

•        Technical Field Awards recipients cannot receive another Technical Field Award for the same work.

•        Award/Medal Selection Committee Members cannot be considered while serving on a relevant board or committee.

•        Deceased persons - Exception: posthumous award may be presented if recipient's death occurs after the IEEE Board of Directors approves the nomination.

•        Self nominations

•        IEEE Staff

2.      Nominator Eligibility: Any person may nominate a candidate for an IEEE medal or award, with the following exceptions:

•        IEEE Board of Directors- Exception: BoD Emeritus Member

•        IEEE Awards Board

•        Technical Field Awards, Medals, and Recognitions Council Members

•        Award/Medal Selection Committee Members while serving on a relevant committee

•        Self nominations

•        IEEE Staff

3.   Candidate Personal Data/Education: Provide complete name of candidate, not initials.

Avoid abbreviations. Provide complete and accurate business title and addresses (business and home). Under education, list year and exact degree.

4.   Proposed Citation: Be concise and accurate in citing the contribution deserving of honor.  Do not exceed 25 words.

5.   Endorsers: The selection of endorsers is important. An endorser should be in a position to substantiate the candidate's contribution(s) by providing explicit detail from personal knowledge. The quality of endorser should be considered. It is the nominator's responsibility to insure that the endorsers submit the promised letters.  It is desirable that a letter be submitted from the President of the Society(ies) engaged in the technical fields relevant to the candidate’s citation. Please note, however, that a nomination will be considered without a society endorsement. The name of the Society representative who will provide comments should be listed in the endorsers section of the nomination form.

A minimum of three letters and a maximum of five letters are required for each nomination. The following persons may not serve as endorsers:

•        IEEE Board of Directors

•        IEEE Awards Board

•        Technical Field Awards Council members for Technical Field Awards Nominations

•        Medals Council members for Medals Nominations

•        Recognitions Council members for Recognitions Nominations

•        Award/Medal Selection Committee Members while serving on a relevant committee

•        Nominators

•        IEEE Staff

6.      Professional History: Begin with candidate's present occupation followed by previous career experience. Indicate positions held, year, and briefly explain each responsibility.  Do not exceed the space provided. If necessary to accommodate space limitations, cite only principal positions.

7.      Detailed Evidence of Technical Accomplishment: May include the following; indicate sole/joint authorship. Technical publications such as books, papers, reports, standards.  Patents by date, number, title, and country of origin. Documentation authenticating development of products, systems, facilities, or services. Technical presentations such as keynote addresses or papers, or courses developed. Refer to the nomination form for requirements specific to the particular award or medal.

8.    Description of Contribution(s): Describe the candidate's outstanding contribution(s) in detail, within the space provided. Be specific in terms of the innovation, originality, creativity, and importance of the contribution(s).

9.    IEEE Activities: Offices held, committee memberships, other participation. List dates of each activity.

10.  Non-IEEE Professional Activities: Professional society, government, or international committee memberships, Professional Engineer's license, educational and trade association activities. List dates of each.

11. IEEE Fellowships:  IEEE Life Members Graduate Study Fellowship is available to first year full-time graduate students for work in any area of electrical engineering, and the IEEE Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Fellowship is available to first year full-time graduate students for work in electrical engineering and computer science in a recognized school within the U.S. or Canada. For specific guidelines and nomination forms, visit the IEEE Awards Web Page, www.ieee.org/about/awards, and click on IEEE Fellowships.  

12.  Presentation Location: IEEE Institute-level Medals and Recognitions are presented at the annual IEEE Honors Ceremony. IEEE Technical Field Awards are presented during IEEE sponsored conferences or symposiums.

13. Endorsement Letter Submission: 

(Name of IEEE Medal/Award Selection Committee)
c/o IEEE Awards Activities
445 Hoes Lane
P.O. Box 1331
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331
OR email to: awards@ieee.org