Employer Professional Development - Reference Form

The Nominator is responsible to provide a minimum of three and a maximum of five persons who have had first-hand experience with the professional development activities of the nominated organization for this award.

• At least two References must be IEEE Members.
• Current members of the IEEE EAB or of the IEEE EAB Awards and Recognition Committee may not serve as References for any IEEE EAB award.  

The IEEE EAB Awards and Recognition Committee relies heavily on your statements. Statements of reference should cite specific evidence of the uniqueness and impact of the contributions of the candidate. Nonspecific comments without accompanying detailed justification are not of value to the IEEE EAB Awards and Recognition Committee.

Comments about the relative contributions of any work attributed to more than just the nominee (i.e., if you are a co-author of a listed activity) are extremely valuable. All statements of reference must be submitted using the  Employer Professional Development Reference Form (DOC,54 KB).

The data on the Nomination Form should not be repeated word for word on the Reference Form. Such appropriation of another's words puts in question the reference's judgment of the candidate’s accomplishments, and, to that extent, diminishes the judges' confidence in the reference and reduces its contribution to the candidate's ranking.

Please complete the form, save it as an MS Word file, and submit it as an attached e-mail file. Also, please e-mail a copy of your completed Reference Form to the Nominator.

• All information must be typed in MS Word. 
• Limit number of words as indicated in the text boxes provided. 
• Handwritten copy is not permitted. 
• Please submit all information in English.

Please confine all text to the space indicated on the form. Addenda are not permitted and will not be reviewed by the IEEE EAB Awards and Recognition Committee. 

You have been notified that your name has been submitted as a Reference to support a nomination for the Employer Professional Development.

Along with that notification, you should have been provided the following:

• a copy of the completed Nomination Form for the candidate that you are requested to endorse;
• a copy of or link to the Reference Form.

Download Reference Form (DOC,54 KB).