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Recognition of Scientific & Engineering Excellence Funds

IEEE celebrates and recognizes scientific and engineering excellence through the presentation of peer reviewed Medals, Technical Field Awards, and IEEE Society Awards. The following funds support the presentation of many IEEE awards.

IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS

IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE CPMT Society
IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Award is presented for meritorious contributions to the advancement of components, electronic packaging or manufacturing technologies.

IEEE Control Systems Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Control Systems Society
IEEE Control Systems Award is given for outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science or technology.

IEEE Electromagnetics Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Antennas and Propagation, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Microwave Theory and Techniques, and Geoscience and Remote Sensing Societies
IEEE Electromagnetics Award is presented for outstanding contributions to electromagnetics in theory, application or education.

IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Signal Processing Society
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award is given for outstanding contribution to the advancement of speech and/or audio signal processing.

IEEE Andrew Grove S. Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Electron Devices Society
IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award recognizes outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology.

Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund
Sponsored by: Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award is given for inspirational teaching of graduate students in the IEEE fields of interest.

Herman and Edna Halperin Memorial Fund
Sponsored by: Herman, Edna, Robert and Ruth Halperin
IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award is presented for outstanding contributions to electric transmission and distribution.

IEEE Masura Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award Fund
Sponsored by: Sony Corporation
IEEE Masura Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award is presented for outstanding contributions in the field of consumer electronics technology.

International Communications Award Fund
Sponsored by: This award is currently without a sponsor and is not being presented
IEEE Award in International Communications given for outstanding contributions to international communication.

IEEE Internet Award Fund
Sponsored by: Nokia Corporation
IEEE Internet Award recognizes exceptional contributions to the advancement of the Internet technology for network architecture, mobility and end-use applications.

IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award Fund
Sponsored by: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award is presented for outstanding contributions to the advancement of information storage with emphasis on technical contributions in computer data storage device technology.

IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award Fund
Sponsored by: IBM Almaden Research Center

IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award is presented for outstanding contributions to information storage systems with emphasis on computer storage systems.

IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Industry Applications Society
IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award is given for outstanding contributions in industrial systems engineering.

Joseph F. Keithley Memorial Fund
Sponsored by: Keithley Instruments, Inc.
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement is presented for outstanding contributions in electrical measurement.

IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Circuits & Systems Society
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award is given for outstanding contributions to the fundamentals of any aspect of electronic circuits and systems that has a long-term significance or impact.

IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award Fund
Sponsored by: NEC Corporation
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the integration of computers and communications.

IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Power Electronics Society

IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award is presented for outstanding contribution(s) to the advancement of power electronics.

IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award Fund
Sponsored by: Motorola Foundation
IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award is presented for outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years.

IEEE Frederik Philips Award Fund
Sponsored by: Philips Electronics NV
IEEE Frederik Philips Award is given for outstanding accomplishments in the management of research and development resulting in effective innovation in the electrical and electronics industry.

IEEE Photonics Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
IEEE Photonics Award is presented for outstanding achievement(s) in Photonics.

IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award Fund
Sponsored By: IBM Corporation
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award is presented for outstanding contributions in the field of information processing in relation to computer science.

IEEE Judith A. Resnick Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Control Systems and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societies
IEEE Judith A. Resnick Award recognizes outstanding contributions to space engineering within the fields of interest of the IEEE.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award is given for outstanding contributions to robotics and automation.

IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award
Sponsored by: IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award is presented for outstanding contribution(s) to the advancement of the design, practice, techniques, or theory in biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms, including but not limited to neural networks, connectionist systems, evolutionary computation, fuzzy systems, and hybrid intelligent systems in which these paradigms are contained.

IEEE David Sarnoff Award Fund
Sponsored by: Sarnoff Corporation
IEEE David Sarnoff Award is presented for exceptional contributions to electronics.

IEEE Solid-State Circuits Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Award is given for outstanding contributions to solid-state circuits.

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Standards Association

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award recognizes exceptional contributions to the development of standards in electrical and electronics engineering.

IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award Fund
Sponsored by: Alcatel-Lucent

IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award is presented for outstanding contributions to communications technology.

IEEE Nikola Tesla Award Fund
Sponsored by: Grainger Foundation and IEEE Power & Energy Society

IEEE Nikola Tesla Award is presented for outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power.

Kiyo Tomiyasu Fund
Sponsored by: Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu

IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award is given for outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications.

IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award Fund
Sponsored by: IEEE Education Society

IEEE Education Award is given for inspirational teaching of undergraduate students in the fields of interest of IEEE.