IEEE PELS Graduate Studies Fellowship and John G. Kassakian Fellowship
About the Award
Multiple fellowships are awarded to promote, recognize, and support eligible students within the Society’s fields of interest. The purpose is to support awardees toward a stay at a foreign university or research institution. The fellowships do not have any country or region restrictions.
One of the fellowships is awarded as the IEEE PELS John G. Kassakian Fellowship, which is named in honor of John G. Kassakian, who was the second president of the Council and the founding president of PELS. This fellowship is reserved for the highest-ranked winner.
These fellowships are also funded by the Future Workforce Fund of the IEEE Foundation.
Award Prize:
Up to 7 scholarships are awarded annually. Each recipient will receive the following:
- A certificate
- An honorarium of USD 5,000
- Complimentary IEEE and PELS membership for the following year
- Reimbursement of up to USD 1,000 towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony
John G. Kassakian
Submitting a Nominee
The following records are to be submitted with an application:
- A nomination letter from the candidate’s hosting advisor (acting as nominator) who is a PELS member and is endorsing the stay at the host institution.
- A 1-page biographical summary of the candidate.
- A 1-page single-spaced statement written by the candidate that outlines the education and research goals and accomplishments concerning his/her current studies.
- A 2-page maximum professional or academic CV of the graduate advisor (who is an IEEE member) at the candidate’s home university.
- An academic proposal (no more than 5 single-spaced pages) that provides a title page, a study proposal describing the study to be completed, the anticipated type of paper (short or full) for the final report, and the budget for the project.
- Certificate of language proficiency (if the host institution is in an area where another language than the candidate’s mother tongue is spoken)
- Copies of the candidate’s transcripts (an explanation is needed if the grading system differs from A-F format).
- 2 letters of recommendation from senior scientists other than the nominator who are familiar with the candidate’s research and education qualifications.
The portal to submit a nomination is now closed.
Award Details
Recognizing Outstanding Achievements
2023 Honorees:
Raunak Agrawal
Australia
Riccardo Breda
Italy
Inhwi Hwang
United States
Hanyu Liu
China
Neha Rajput
India
Daniel Zhou
United States
Eligibility Requirements & Criteria
Eligibility: Candidates must be a Member, Graduate Student Member, or Student member of IEEE and PELS at the time of nomination. Students with a Master’s degree or equivalent pursuing an advanced doctoral/PhD degree within the Society’s fields of interest on a full-time basis are eligible. They must plan a stay to study at a host institution in a foreign country for 6 to 9 months and will presumably continue their studies at their home university with the same faculty advisor for 12 months after receipt of the scholarship. Recipients are not allowed to accept another award of the same kind for the same purpose.
Criteria: Judgment of the recipients will be based on the nomination material, including:
- The contextual and organizational plan for the stay.
- The grades and education career of the candidate.
- The quality and impact of the candidate’s material, including the recommendation letters.
Questions?
Please send any questions to the PELS Awards Committee.
