All nomination materials must be sent electronically to cass-awards@ieee.org by October 15, 2012
Pre-Doctoral Scholarship 1
CAS will support a scholarship for one pre-doctoral student to visit a research institution or another university abroad for up to one year: $15k
Selection criteria for Pre-Doctoral Scholarship #1:
- A CAS Member for at least two years and is enrolled in a PhD program related to the fields of interest of CAS may submit a proposal (up to 3 pages) including:
- CV (with academic records attached)
- Certificate/evidence of the enrollment in a PhD program (student ID card)
- Description of the PhD study plan
- The expected outcome of the research program and how it advances the state-of-the-art
- Endorsements from both institutions
- Brief description of the importance of receiving the CAS scholarship
- The nominations and applications for these student-oriented awards may be submitted throughout the year, and the awards may be made at any time during the year up to 15 October each year
Award Recipients
Pre-Doc Scholarship nominations: PDF | Word
Pre-Doctoral Scholarship 2
CAS will offer a pre-doctoral fellowship to recognize a young member enrolled in a PhD program in a field related to the Circuits and Systems Society field of interest. The winner of the award will receive paid travel to ISCAS to receive the award: $25k (stipend of $15k, tuition and fees up to a maximum of $8k, and a grant of $2k to the department in which the recipient is registered)
Selection criteria for Pre-Doctoral Scholarship #2:
- A CASS Member for at least two years and is enrolled in a PhD program related to the field of interest of CAS may submit a proposal (up to 3 pages) including:
- CV (with academic records attached)
- Certificate/evidence of the enrollment in a PhD program (student ID card)
- Description of the PhD study plan
- The expected outcome of the research program and how it advances the state-of-the-art
- Evidences showing the significance of the research (papers, patents)
- Endorsement from his/her supervisor
- The nominations and applications for these student-oriented awards may be submitted throughout the year, and the awards may be made at any time during the year up to 15 October each year
Award Recipients
Pre-Doc Scholarship nominations: PDF | Word
Student Travel Scholarship
CASS offers Student Travel Awards to enable the winners to present their research work at CASS-sponsored conferences and workshops. The amount of financial assistance provided to each student will be based on specifics of the travel involved and cannot exceed a maximum of $USD 2,000. The total award amount allocated will be $8,000, with $2,000 for each of R1-7, R8, R9, and R10.
Selection criteria for these Student Travel Awards:
- Students receiving these awards must have had their papers selected for presentation at the CASS-sponsored conference(s) they plan to attend.
- A faculty member must confirm that the nominee is an undergraduate or graduate student and that he/she is an IEEE CASS student member.
- The nominee must furnish written proof that the paper was accepted at the conference (e.g. email notification from the Technical Program Committee).
- The nominee must state in the application that he/she will attend the conference to present the paper.
- The nominations and applications for these student-oriented awards may be submitted throughout the year, and the awards may be made at any time during the year up to 15 October each year
