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IEEE Medals

The IEEE Medals Council encourages you to submit nominations for outstanding candidates.
To read summaries of the medals, and to obtain nomination forms, guidelines to nominators and lists of past recipients, visit the links below.

Nomination Deadline: 1 July 

IEEE Medal of Honor
Sponsored by: IEEE Foundation

Scope: IEEE Medal of Honor, for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in an IEEE fields of interest. The Medal of Honor is the highest IEEE award. The candidate need not be a member of the IEEE.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Sponsored by: Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs

Scope: IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Edison Medal
Sponsored by: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.


Scope: IEEE Edison Medal, for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering or the electrical arts.

Presentation: Gold medal, small gold replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
Sponsored by: The Mathworks, Inc., National Instruments Foundation, Pearson Prentice Hall, and IEEE Life Members Committee

Scope: IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of IEEE.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence
Scope: IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence, for exceptional achievement in application engineering in the technical disciplines of the IEEE, for the benefit of the public and the engineering profession.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

This award is not being presented, for more information, contact awards@ieee.org.

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IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
Sponsored by: Toyota Motor Corporation

Scope:IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies, for outstanding accomplishments in the application of technology in the fields of interest of IEEE that improve the environment and/or public safety.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Founders Medal
Sponsored by: IEEE Foundation

Scope: IEEE Founders Medal, for outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
Sponsored by: QUALCOMM Inc.

Scope: IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal
Scope: IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal, for outstanding achievements in electromagnetic waves.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate, and cash honorarium.

This award is not being presented. For more information, contact awards@ieee.org.

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IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
Sponsored by: Texas Instruments, Inc.

Scope: IEEE Jack S. Kilby Medal, for outstanding achievements in signal processing.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Lamme Medal
Scope: IEEE Lamme Medal, for meritorious achievement in the development of electrical or electronic power apparatus or systems.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

This award has been discontinued as of August, 2008.

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IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award
Funded by:  Wolfson Microelectronics plc 

Scope: The IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award, for groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal
Sponsored by: The Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan & Semiconductor Research Foundation

Scope: IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa medal, for outstanding contributions to material and device science and technology, including practical application.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
Sponsored by: Intel Foundation

Scope: IEEE Robert N. Noyce medal, for exceptional contributions to the microelectronics industry.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and a cash honorarium.

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IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies & Applications
Sponsored by: Raytheon Company

Scope: IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies & Applications, for outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fields of radar technologies and their applications.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Medal in Power Engineering
Sponsored by: IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics and Power & Energy Societies

Scope: for outstanding contributions to the technology associated with the generation, transmission, distribution, application and utilization of electric power for the betterment of society.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium

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IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
Sponsored by: Northrop Grumman

Scope: IEEE Simon Ramo Medal, for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE John von Neumann Medal
Sponsored by: IBM Corporation

Scope: IEEE John von Neumann medal, for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.

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IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Sponsored by: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Scope: IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology, for outstanding contributions and/or innovations in engineering within the fields of medicine, biology and healthcare technology.

Presentation: Gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and cash honorarium.


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