AWARD Nomination

R10 Young Professionals Outstanding Section Affinity Group Awards

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Introduction

IEEE Region 10 places a very high priority to assist Young Professionals in their early career by creating opportunities to network, refine and plan their career goals, and learn soft skills to boost their chance for success. Region 10 encourages and financially supports Young Professional Affinity Groups in the region to conduct activities beneficial to the members and realize Region 10 objectives. Region 10 has launched the Region 10 Young Professionals Outstanding Section Affinity Group Award to motivate and recognize the efforts and achievements of Young Professionals Affinity Groups. The award will help Young Professionals Affinity Groups in its membership development by member’s satisfaction. The award will be conferred annually for one best Young Professional Affinity Group who have made substantial contributions to its members.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to recognize the achievements and activities of one best outstanding Young Professionals Affinity Group in Region 10. This recognition will motivate the winners to do even better and serve as examples for others to follow.

Scope

Based on the merit of each nomination, the Region 10 Young Professionals Awards Committee will select one winner for the prevailing contest year. If no Young Professionals Affinity Group is found to be suitable, no award will be given in the contest year.

Eligibility

  • Only Young Professionals Affinity Groups of IEEE Region 10 are eligible to apply.
  • Young Professional Affinity Groups who are the recipients of this Award in the last 3 years are not eligible to apply. 
  • The Young Professionals Affinity Group must have reported at least four activities  for its members, between January – December of previous year, which includes (and  not limited to), social/online events, professional talks, technical talks,  administrative meetings, etc. 

Nomination Conditions

  • The nomination must be made by the Chair of the Young Professionals Affinity Group and it must be endorsed by the respective Section’s Chair or Vice-chair or Secretary or Treasurer.
  • The nomination should be submitted via the R10 Young Professionals Awards Submission Portal with the following steps.
    • Step 1: Complete nomination form
    • Step 2: Request endorsement
    • Step 3: Review, confirm and submit

Basis of Selection

  • The nomination must be made by the Chair of the Young Professionals Affinity Group and it must be endorsed by the respective Section’s Chair or Vice-chair or Secretary or Treasurer (Officer Positions must be reported in Vtools).
  • The nomination should be submitted via the R10 Young Professionals Awards Submission Portal with the following steps.
    • Step 1: Complete nomination form
    • Step 2: Request endorsement or Submit Endorsement Letter
    • Step 3: Review, confirm and submit

Selection Committee

The  awards committee reserves the right to present no award if the committee is not satisfied  with the standard or quality of entries received. The decision of the awards committee, as  approved by the Region 10 Director, is final.

Schedule

  • Call for Nominations: 31 March 2023
  • Nomination Deadline: 31 May 2023
  • Evaluation period: 1 June to 31 July 2023
  • Recipient Notified: By 30 September 2023
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Award Instrument

An award plaque and US$ 500 cash prize will be awarded to the winning Young  Professionals Affinity Group.

Presentation

Award will be presented to the attending Section Chair or representative at the R10 Annual General Meeting. Section shall then arrange to present the award to the award recipient(s) at an appropriate local Section event/ occasion.

Record/ Notification

The IEEE Region 10 Young Professionals Committee Chair notifies the result of selection by e-mail to individual award recipients. Region 10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair will make an official result announcement to the Section/ Council Chairs and Secretaries and maintain a record of award recipients on the Region 10 Website.

Points of Contacts:

To: Region 10 Young Professionals Committee (r10yp@ieee.org)
Cc. Ewell Tan at ewell.tan@ieee.org
Cc. Region 10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair, Dr. Jing Dong, jdong@nlpr.ia.ac.cn