Major Educational Innovation Award
The Major Education Innovation Award was established in 1984 by the Educational Activities Board of the IEEE to recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves for outstanding educational innovation in a field of interest of the IEEE. Nomination deadline is Monday, 6 May 2024.
Nominee eligibility
The award is given to IEEE Graduate Student members, members, Senior members, and Fellows whose innovation has made a major impact and been emulated outside the individual’s immediate environment. Candidates for the Major Education Innovation Award must be current IEEE members.
Self-nominations are not accepted for any EAB Award.
Team awards
In the event of an award going to a team, when a recipient is required to be an IEEE member, all members of the team are required to be IEEE members. Travel will be provided for one recipient only. Honorarium is to be shared equally among the team members. Only one honorarium for any one award will be given.
Nominator requirements
Members and non-members of IEEE are eligible to serve as a nominator of this award.
Current members of the IEEE EAB, IEEE-HKN-BOG, or the IEEE professional staff may not be nominators, recipients, or endorsers of EAB or IEEE-HKN Awards, unless otherwise specified. Current members of the IEEE EAB Awards and Recognition Committee (ARC), IEEE Life Members Committee (LMC), or trustees and officers of the Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Graduate Fund or the IEEE-HKN Awards & Recognition Committee may not be nominators, recipients, or endorsers of awards associated with their respective committees, unless otherwise specified.
As specified in IEEE Policy 4.4.H, Eligibility and Process Limitations, individuals serving on any board or committee involved at any stage of the recipient selection or approval process for an award shall be ineligible to receive or act as a nominator or reference for that award. This conflict of interest limitation shall apply to all awards given by the IEEE or any of its organizational units.
Self-nominations will not be accepted, unless otherwise noted.
An individual can only serve as a nominator or reference for one award per category.
Award
Reference requirements
The nominator is responsible for providing a minimum of three, and a maximum of five, people to serve as references. At least two references must be IEEE members.
An individual can only serve as a nominator or reference for one award per category.