IEEE-USA Jim Watson Student Professional Awareness Achievement Award

Purpose

To recognize key individuals for their contributions to Student Professional Awareness Achievement Activities in the United States.

Form of Recognition

Specially engraved award.

Frequency

Up to one award annually. No team nominations will be accepted.

Eligibility

Members of the engineering profession or related IEEE fields of interest and students of science, engineering or related IEEE fields of interest in the United States.

No current member of the IEEE Board of Directors, the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, the IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee, or IEEE staff may be candidates, or nominate or endorse candidates for this award.

Basis for Judging

Following are the criteria against which candidates for the award should be measured. Nominees need not meet every criterion; the following are guidelines for comparison of the pool of nominees:

1. Approximate number of students and/or events impacted by this individual
2. Demonstrated service towards student-professional awareness activities
3. Demonstrated success in turning student volunteers into active member grade volunteers

Presentation

The ARC will develop and arrange plans for the presentation of awards, which will be done at an annual awards ceremony, either virtually or held in conjunction with a major IEEE-USA conference or at other appropriate venues, and with consideration to the request of the approved award recipient.

Nominations

The nominations for the IEEE-USA Jim Watson Student Professional Awareness Achievement Award are open to all IEEE-USA members. Nominations may be submitted any time prior to the nomination deadline by completing the form on the online nomination portal.