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Ahead – the deadline for 2006 Society Awards closed on May
15, but May 15, 2007 is the deadline for next year’s Society
Awards.
Check with your conference or technical committee for the award
deadlines for those awards, and see below for their descriptions.
The NPSS Awards comprise the following.
1. The Richard F. Shea Distinguished Member Award.
Description: To recognize outstanding contributions
through leadership and service to the NPSS and to the fields of
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences.
Prize: $ 2,000, plaque, and Certificate.
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma
Sciences Society.
Eligibility: Any member of the IEEE and NPSS who
has contributed to the fields of nuclear and plasma sciences through
leadership and service.
Basis for Judging: Selection criteria are:
a. Leadership roles and leadership quality;
b. Innovative and important contributions to Society activities;
c. Service and dedication to the NPSS;
d. Technical achievements.
Presentation: One award presented annually at Nuclear
Science Symposium (Or at any other IEEE NPSS meeting that the awardee
chooses.)
2. The NPSS Merit Award.
Description: To recognize outstanding technical
contributions to the fields of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences.
Prize: $ 2,000, Plaque and Certificate.
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma
Sciences Society.
Eligibility: Any individual who has made technical
contributions to the fields of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences.
Basis for Judging: Selection criteria, in order of importance are:
a. Importance of individual technical contributions;
b. Importance of technical contributions made by teams led by the
candidate;
c. Quality and significance of publications and patents;
d. Years of technical distinction;
e. Leadership and service within the fields of nuclear and plasma
sciences and related disciplines.
Presentation: One award presented annually at Nuclear
Science Symposium or at an NPSS sponsored meeting chosen by the
nominee.
3. The NPSS Early Achievement Award
Description: To recognize outstanding contributions
to any of the fields making up Nuclear and Plasma Sciences, within
the first ten (10) years of an individual’s career.
Prize: $ 1,800, plaque, and certificate.
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma
Sciences Society.
Eligibility: Member of the IEEE NPSS who at the
time of nomination is within the first ten (10) years of his or
her career within the field of interest of NPSS.
Basis for Judging: Three (3) letters of recommendation,
publications and/or reports, patents, etc. which demonstrate outstanding
contributions early in the nominee’s career.
Presentation: At any major NPSS sponsored conference
chosen by the awardee.
4. The NPSS Graduate Scholarship Award
Description: To recognize contributions to the
fields of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences.
Prize: $500, certificate, and one – year
paid membership in the NPSS.
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma
Sciences Society.
Eligibility: Any graduate student in the fields
of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences.
Basis for Judging: Evidence of scholarship such
as academic record, reports, presentations, publications, research
plans, related projects and related work experience, Participation
in IEEE activities through presentations, publications, student
Chapter involvement, etc., will also be considered.
Presentation: Up to four (4) awards presented annually.
Check and certificates sent to nominator to be presented at a special
occasion at the winner’s institution.
5. Paul L. Phelps Award
Description: The Paul L. Phelps award is different,
in that its objective is to permit people to attend short courses
at IEEE NPSS meetings by giving them travel grants.
Prize: Several travel grants per NPSS conference.
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma
Sciences Society.
Eligibility: Any graduate student in the fields
of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences. Also members of the IEEE who are
unemployed or have trouble obtaining travel funds. Each grantee
must attend a short course.
Basis for Judging: Each conference shall have an
appointed chairman to handle Phelps travel grants. The amount of
funding per conference is determined by the short course attendance
at the previous conference. (Consult the IEEE NPSS Treasurer.) This
amount may then be subdivided at the discretion of the appointed
chairman to accommodate several recipients. Application for the
grant is by a letter to the appointed chairman (Or the conference
chairman, who will forward it to the proper person.) well in advance
of the conference date. The letter will convey the need for the
grant, as well as biographical and scientific information to demonstrate
the scientific capability of the potential grantee.
Presentation: A check will be sent to each grantee,
preferably well before the conference, but as soon as possible in
the case of late application.
6. The NPSS Student Paper Awards (Established in 2005)
Description: For outstanding student poster or
oral papers as desired by each of the technical committees of NPSS
that organizes a conference. The purpose of these awards is to encourage
both outstanding student contributions and greater student participation
as principal or sole authors of papers as well as to acknowledge
the importance of student contributions to the fields embraced by
the NPSS umbrella. These conferences include the Real Time Conference;
The International Conference on Plasma Sciences; The Radiation Effects
Conference; The Pulsed Power Conference; The Medical Imaging Conference;
The Particle Accelerator Conference; The Symposium on Fusion Engineering;
and The Nuclear Science Symposium as well as any other conferences
that may in the future come under IEEE NPSS sponsorship.
Prize: The best two papers (two awards) will receive
cash awards of $500 each and a Certificate. The two runners-up will
receive a certificate only.
Funding: Funded by each conference’s budget
as determined by each of the individual conferences sponsored by
IEEE NPSS.
7. The IEEE NPSS Technical Committee Awards:
Description: Most of the Technical Committees under
the IEEE NPSS umbrella have their own awards. These awards are in
general funded from the committee’s conference returns. These
awards are tabulated below. Details are obtainable from the IEEE
Web page, www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/.
Summary of Committee Awards:
(1) Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Award.
(2) Radiation Effects Award.
(3) Radiation Instrumentation Early Career Award.
(4) Radiation Instrumentation Outstanding Achievements Award.
(5) Fusion Technology Award.
(6) Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award (PAST Award).
(7) Plasma Science and Applications Award.
(8) Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award.
(9) Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award.
(10) Erwin Marx Award
(11) Peter Haas Pulsed Power Award.
(12) Outstanding Pulsed Power Student Award.
The IEEE Awards Program
There is an abundance of high – level awards obtainable directly
from the IEEE. In general, our society has ignored these awards.
To my knowledge, the NPSS has only received TWO such awards in its
30 - year history.
Prize: Download the IEEE Award Manual from the
web at IEEE AWARDS and be amazed at what is available! And get to
work!
Contact Igor Alexeff, Nominations Chairman, Ferris Hall 315,
Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-2100; Phone: +1 865-974-5467;
Fax: +1 865 974 5483 E-mail: alexeff@utk.edu
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