EDS Masters Student Fellowship

2008 IEEE EDS MASTERS STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

At the December 2005 EDS Administrative Committee Meeting, EDS approved a Masters level student Fellowship Program.

Description: One-year fellowships awarded to promote, recognize, and support graduate Masters level study and research within the Electron Devices Society’s field of interest: all aspects of engineering, physics, theory, experiment and simulation of electron and ion devices involving insulators, metals, organic materials, plasmas, semiconductors, quantum-effect materials, vacuum, and emerging materials. Specific applications of these devices include bioelectronics, biomedical, computation, communications, displays, electro and micro mechanics, imaging, micro actuators, optical, photovoltaics, power, sensors and signal processing.  Five fellowships will be awarded, with the intention of at least one fellowship being given to eligible students in each of the following geographical regions every year: Americas, Europe/Mid-East/Africa, Asia & Pacific.  Only one candidate can win per educational institution.

Prize: US$2,000 and a certificate to the student, to be presented by the Dean or Department head of the student’s enrolled graduate program.

Eligibility: Candidate must: be an IEEE EDS student member at the time of nomination; be accepted into a graduate program or within the first year of study in a graduate program in an EDS field of interest on a full-time basis; and continue his/her studies at a graduate education institution. Nominator must be an IEEE EDS member and preferably be serving as the candidate’s mentor or faculty advisor. Previous award winners are ineligible.

Basis for Judging: Demonstration of his/her significant ability to perform research in the fields of electron devices and proven history of academic excellence in engineering and/or physics as well as involved in undergraduate research and/or supervised project.

Nomination Package:

-  Nominating letter by an EDS member who served as candidate’s mentor or faculty advisor.
-  Two-page (maximum) statement by the student describing his or her education and research interests and accomplishments
-  One-page biographical sketch of the student (including student's mailing address and e-mail address)
-  One copy of the student’s transcripts/grades
-  A letter of recommendation from an individual familiar with the student’s research and educational credentials.   Letters of recommendation cannot be from the nominator.

Timetable:

-  Nomination packages are due at the EDS Executive Office no later than March 15, 2008
-  Recipients will be notified by May 15, 2008
-  Monetary awards will be presented by the Dean or Department Chair of the recipient's graduate program at the beginning of the next academic term. 
-  Nomination packages can be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail, but a hard copy must be received at the EDS Office. 

Send completed package to:       IEEE Operations Center
                                                           EDS Executive Office
                                                           EDS Masters Student Fellowship Program
                                                           445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA

For more information contact:  edsfellowship@ieee.org or visit:  

                                                http://www.ieee.org/society/eds/education/fellowship.xml