Chapter Promotion Programs, Awards and Contests
Chapter Promotion Programs,
Awards and Contests
Financial Programs
There are new Expense Report and W8- and W9-Forms.
Please use following forms after Nov 01, 2018:
2018 Funding Information Form - India
W8 and W9 Tax Form Preparation Instructions
CMD Financial Request Form
Instructions for Requesting CMD Funds (by Lynda M. Bernstein)
All CMD financial process will be managed through the CMD Financial Request Form.
Please follow the steps below.
1. Compose all documents to a SINGLE PDF FILE and send it for approval to the CMD chair. You may find examples of document sets below. If the Expense Report will be approved it will be signed and resent you.
2. Having received the approved and signed document set with the file name extension "-signed" upload it in CMD Financial Request Form. Please be precise at providing your bank connection and mail address.
3. The role of CMD is the approval only. The payment will be processed by the IAS Executive Office and the IEEE HQ, Piscataway NJ, USA. The process takes 2...6 weeks. If the amount won´t be credited in time, please don´t contact CMD but do contact Ms. Lynda M. Bernstein, IAS Program Specialist, in copy to Mr. Patrick McCarren, IAS Executive Director for starting a tracking request. CMD can´t start a payment tracking.
Instructions for preparing the Expense Report Form
The Expense Reports should be conform with the IEEE Travel Expense Reimbursement Giudelines.
For 2018 expenses, please use the 2018 Expense Report Form
The red lines on page one of the expense report template applies to US based volunteers only. The electronic form of reimbursement, ACH or otherwise known as Automated Clearing House, is only available within the United States. Volunteers who are located outside the US will continue to be paid via wire transfer (preferred) or via check. The bank information for wire transfer should be provided in the CMD Financial Request Form.
Starting Subsidy for New Chapters
IAS provides starting subsidy for all new technical, student branch and joint chapters.
Effective by Jan 1, 2018, the funds is $500 * (number of the signing IAS members of the petition) / 12, limited to $500. Having the chapter approved and the Geo-Code provided, please manage your starting subsidy immediately. The chapter is eligible for the starting subsidy if the the document set will be submitted not later than one month after the chapter´s approval date.
New joint chapters with the sister societies IES, PES and PELS are eligible for a starting subsidy of $1,000/N, where N is the number of the joint societies. If an existing IAS chapter joins to other societies, the chapter is not eligible for receiving a new starting subsidy from IAS.
We can´t manage starting subsidy of other societies. Joint society chapters are requested to contact the other societies in that issue directly.
The IAS starting subsidy expieres if the payment documents will not be submitted within 4 weeks after the approval.
Please download the starting subsidy transfer set here: #1 Starting Subsidy
Processed by the CMD Chair
Chapter Subsidy for Technical Activities, on special request and preliminary approval by the CMD Chair
The subsidy request should contain description of the to be supported activity, event website if available, number of expected participants and the budget containing the requested IAS subsidy.
Please download the subsidy transfer set here: #2 Chapter Subsidy
Award Payments, managed by the CMD Chair
Please download the cash prize transfer set here: #3 Award Payments
AMTGP Reimbursement, managed by the CMD Chair
Please download the reimbursement set here: AMTGP Reimbursement
DL Program Reimbursement, managed by the DL/PL Chair
Please download the reimbursement set here: #5 DL Reimbursement
CMD Travel Reimbursement (Conference Travel, Info Desk Volunteer, IAS CMD WIE Initiative, CMD Conference Student Travel and Publication Program)
Managed by the CMD Chair
Please download the reimbursement set here: #6 CMD Travel Reimbursement and #6 CMD Travel Reimbursement _ WIE Initiative Program
Chapter Awards and Contests
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Chapters and members are recommended to nominate your chapters and colleagues for the 2018 awards |
IAS CMD Outstanding Member Award 2018
Managed by Megha Tak, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee, Outstanding Member Award Management
Outstanding Member Award Call For Nominations 2018
Submission due date and time: March 15, 2018, 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time)
SUBMISSIONS 2018: 42 unique nominees, 57 nominations received
OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AND CMD OFFICERS 2018
OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AND CMD OFFICERS 2017
OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AND CMD OFFICERS 2016
IAS CMD Outstanding Chapter Award 2018
Managed by Lesley Ann Arakkal, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee Chair
Outstanding Chapter Award Contest Nomination Form 2018
Submission due date and time: March 15, 2018, 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time)
SUBMISSIONS 2018: Statistics: R1-6=2, R7=0, R8=9, R9=5, R10=13, Total: 29
IAS CMD Chapter Web Contest 2018
Managed by Lesley Ann Arakkal, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee Chair
Chapter Web Contest Submission Form 2018
Submission due date and time: March 15, 2018, 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time)
SUBMISSIONS 2018: Statistics: R1-7=0, R8=6, R9=4, R10=8, Total: 18
CHAPTER WEB CONTEST 2018 RESULT
CHAPTER WEB CONTEST 2017 RESULT
CHAPTER WEB CONTEST 2016 RESULT
IAS CMD Most Happening IAS Chapter Contest 2018
Managed by Jay Shah, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee, Most Happening Chapter Contest Management
Most Happening IAS Chapter Contest 2018 Bylaws and Call For Participation
Submissions continuosly at CMD Newsletter
Evaluation due date: March 15, 2018; 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time)
NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS 2018: R1-7=0, R8=79, R9=14, R10=67 , total 160
MOST HAPPENING IAS CHAPTERS 2018
MOST HAPPENING IAS CHAPTERS 2017
MOST HAPPENING IAS CHAPTERS 2016
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IAS CMD Student Thesis Contest 2018Managed by Peter Magyar, CMD Chair and Srikanth Vasudevan P, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee, Student Thesis Contest Management Student Thesis Contest Procedure Manual and Call For Application 2018 Submission due date and time: March 15, 2018, 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time) SUBMISSION OVERVIEW 2018: PhD Category (9) R1-6=2, R7=0, R8=1, R9=0, R10=6 Non-PhD Category (7) R1-6=0, R7=1, R8=5, R9=1, R10=0 List of Contestants and Winners of the 2018 Contest List of Contestants and Winners of the 2017 Contest: - PhD Category Congratulatory Letter List of Contestants and Winners of the 2016 Contest: |
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IAS CMD Myron Zucker Undergraduate Student Design Contest 2018Managed by Roozbeh Kabiri and Faiza Munawer, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee, Co-Chairs Myron Zucker Design Contest Management Understanding Student Academic Projects Submission due date and time: March 15, 2018; 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time) SUBMISSION OVERVIEW 2018: Team Category (35) R1-9=0, R10=35 Individual Category (9) R1-9=0, R10=9
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Myron Zucker Student-Faculty Grant Program 2018The Industry Application Society is soliciting interested parties to submit proposals to the Myron Zucker Student Faculty Grant Program. Adhering to Mr. Zucker's goal, the principal objectives of the Student-Faculty Grant Program are:
In general, the Program functions much like a research support agency. It is administered by the IEEE Industry Applications Society through its Zucker Grant Committee with the consent of the IEEE Foundation. The project must be designed to produce publishable results in one year (12 months). The preferred period of performance (for these 12 months) is September 1st through August 31st of the following year. The funding is such that approximately two grants, not exceeding $25,000 each, can be awarded during each annual proposal cycle. This endowment is the programs only funding source; no other sources, including IEEE membership dues, are used. Link to the Program Guidelines Deadline of Application: Feb 28, 2018 List of submitted projects 2018
CommitteeBlake Lloyd, Chair, Member Wei-Jen Lee, Member Mohammad Uddin, Member Steve Coppinger, Member Ayman EL-Refaie, Member John Impagliazzo, IEEE Foundation |
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IAS CMD Student Robotics Demonstration Contest 2018Managed by Sumit Chhabria and Aristotelis Farmakis, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee, Co-Chairs Student Robotics Demonstration Contest Management Submission due date and time: March 15, 2018, 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time) SUBMISSIONS 2018 R1-6=2, R7=0, R8=3, R9=0, R10=6 , total 11
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IAS CMD Humanitarian Contest 2018Managed by Christina-Panagiota Malliou and Ines Abdennaji, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee, Co-Chairs Humanitarian Contest Management Contest Description - Call for Proposals 2018 Humanitatian Project Report _ Template Submission due date and time: March 15, 2018, 12:00 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time) CONTEST SUBMISSIONS 2018 (52) R1-7=0, R8=15, R9=5, R10=32 |