Nominate Your Chapters and Colleagues for Our Chapter Awards and Travel Grant
Managed by: Beáta Polgári
Description:
The IAS AMTGP provides financial support to IAS students and young professionals (SYPS) to attend the IAS Annual Meeting (https://ias-am.ieee.org/), which will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 4-8 October 2026 and participate in technical and networking activities. The AMTGP will provide reimbursement of up to $2,000 USD. This reimbursement will only cover the actual expenses incurred by the AMTGP recipient for Canada visa, a round-trip economy class airfare, conference registration, and the Chapters Department (CD) dinner. Shared accommodation at the IAS Annual Meeting hotel will be provided for all AMTGP recipients. No other excursions will be eligible for reimbursement.
Eligibility: Must be an IEEE IAS SYP member in a good standing before applying for the AMTGP.
Submission deadline: May 8th, 2026
Nomination Forms:
Managed by: Achref Selmi, Chapters Department Vice Chair
Submission deadline: May 8th, 2026
Managed by: Richard Cselko, Student Thesis Contest Subcommittee Chair
Award Information:
Submission deadline: The nomination documents must be submitted on or before March 15, 2025
Nomination Form: Guidelines and Application Forms
Program Information:
Driven by its strategic plan, the IAS Board is dedicated to offering greater value-added benefits to students and young professionals. In this spirit, the inaugural IEEE IAS Most Impactful Webinar Contest (MIWC) was introduced in 2021. The MIWC encourages IEEE IAS Student Branch Chapters (SBCs) and IEEE YP Affinity Groups to create and host impactful webinar events, thereby enriching their membership base and drawing new members to both the Society and their local chapters
This IEEE IAS MIWC 2025/2026 Contest is expected to:
- Provide opportunities for local/international engagement and interactions with peers from both industry and academia;
- Invest in membership elevation by strengthening relationships among Students and YPs; and
- Enable and incentivize youth to suggest innovative programs, by them, for them, supported and acknowledged by the IEEE IAS.
Critical Deadlines:
- Contest Announcement: 17 October 2025
- Deadline for Submissions: 30 April 2026
- Winners Announcement: 22 May 2026
Monetary Awards
- 1000 USD – First (1st) place, with certificates for the organizers + travel grant for two people to attend IAS Annual Meeting 2026,
- 750 USD – Second (2nd) place, with certificates for the winning Chapter ,
- 500 USD – Third place (3rd), with certificates for the winning Chapter.
Note: If, in the opinion of the Selection Committee, the quality of the submissions does not sufficiently meet the evaluation criteria, the committee reserves the right not to present the award. The travel grant will be subject to IEEE travel regulations. IAS reserves the right to suspend the travel grant.
Program Guidelines & Forms:
For any further inquiries, please contact Nishad Mendis or David Celeota Rodriguez.
Managed by: Roozbeh Kabiri, Myron Zucker Design Contest Subcommittee Chair
Award Information:
Submission deadline: 20th March 2025, 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time)
Nomination Forms:
Managed by: Sumit Chhabria, Robotics Contest Subcommittee Chair
Award Information:
Submission deadline: 30 April 2024, 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time)
Nomination Forms:
Previous Winners: No Robotics Contest Winners were awarded in 2022