IEEE Victorian Section Student Conference Paper Presentation Travel Grant
Consistent with its corporate objective of promoting the science and practice of electrical and electronics engineering, the IEEE Victorian Section is pleased to offer limited financial support to IEEE Victorian Section student member authors wishing to present accepted papers at IEEE or approved non-IEEE conferences.
To receive a grant the recipient must:
- Be a member of IEEE and the IEEE Victorian Section prior to submitting travel grant application.
- Be a student (or have been at the time of paper submission deadline) and carry at least 50% of a normal full-time academic program as a registered undergraduate or graduate student in a regular course of study.
- Be the author or co-author of an accepted paper in the conference
- Have contributed to at least 50% of the research presented.
- Attend the conference and present the paper.
Extra information
- Prizes will be first awarded in 2008 after an initial advertising period of no less than two calender months
- It is envisaged that up to two prizes may be awarded by the IEEE Victorian Section per calender year
- The applicant must complete all of the details in the application below.
- Each prize may be up to an amount of $1000.
- Only one student author per paper will be awarded a travel grant.
- A student can receive only one grant per year.
- each successful student is asked to provide a one page report back to the Section on the conference and presentation
- The grants are awarded at the sole discretion of the IEEE Victorian Section Executive Committee
- The IEEE Victorian Section Committee is under no obligation to make awards and may limit the total amount awarded in any year, or withhold awards completely, or make any other changes it sees fit, at its sole discretion.
Download the application form
The IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition
Opens 1st Sep '08
Change the World Competition is a contest designed to recognize students who identify a real-world problem, apply engineering, science, computing and leadership skills to solve it, and, thereby, benefit humanity or their community.
The IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition is being held in conjunction with IEEE’s 125th Anniversary celebration.
Eligibility:
Participants may compete as an individual or as a team.
Individuals Individuals who compete must be IEEE Student Members.
Teams Teams must include an IEEE Student Member in a lead role, but may include non-members. Teammates do not need to be from the same country or region. However, an entry may be submitted to only one Region for judging.
Individuals or team members must be IEEE student members at the time their entry is submitted.
The students must play the primary role in the problem-solving; however, they may receive technical and financial assistance from others.
Please note that the intent and spirit of the competition is for the students, not others, to solve a problem. Persons acting as team mentors or in an mentorship role must limit the level of support provided to general guidance and must not contribute in any other form that might be considered original authorship, or in way that may enable claims of rights or ownership to the submitted entries. In no case will work-on-behalf of teams or individuals be allowed.
Submissions:
Entries must be submitted using the form housed on the competition website at www.ieee125.org/ChangetheWorld, beginning 1 September 2008. Requirements include the following:
- Project Title
- Problem Description
- Solution
- Impact on humanity or a community
- Primary leader with name and contact information;
- Other major student contributors and their contributions;
- Other contributors
(For submission form click here)
Selection criteria:
The winners shall be selected based on the results achieved and their impact on humanity, or, on a community.
Sustainability, reusability, transportability of the results to other parts of the world, entrepreneurship, originality, creativity and leadership shall be important but secondary evaluation factors.
Selection of the winners:
Entries will be accepted between 1 September 2008 and 28 Feb 2009 through the competition website, www.ieee125.org/ChangetheWorld, where participants will register and submit their entries.
Contestants are encouraged to register in advance of submitting their entries.
Submissions will be evaluated in IEEE’s ten geographic regions by each IEEE Regional Student Activities Committee. Each committee will select and rank up to five of the best projects in their region by 30 March 2009.
A global competition judging committee (appointed by the 2009 IEEE President) will review the entries selected by the Regional Student Activities Committee and select and rank 15 finalist projects which best meet the competition criteria by 20 April 2009.
These 15 projects will be posted on the competition website and there will be a campaign to encourage participative voting for a People’s Choice prize.
The 2008, 2009 and 2010 IEEE presidents will evaluate the 15 projects and select the prize winners by 10 May.
Prizes
Leaders of teams or individuals whose entries are chosen for the top three prizes will be invited to receive their prizes* on 18 June at the 2009 Honors Ceremony in Los Angeles CA, USA. Travel expenses will be provided by the IEEE for winners, if individuals, or for one representative of each winning team. Travel documents including passports and visas, if required, are the responsibility of the winners.
All remaining prizes will be presented by a local IEEE representative. (IEEE Region Director or a designee such as the IEEE Student Activities Chair, a Section Chair or a Student Branch Counselor.) Prizes to winning teams will be split equally among the team’s registered student members*. Winners are encouraged but not required to use the funds for an IEEE related purpose, such as furthering their project or traveling to IEEE conferences.
IEEE Student Humanitarian Supreme US$10,000
IEEE Distinguished Student Humanitarian 5,000
IEEE Exceptional Student Humanitarian 2,500
Up to five Outstanding Student Humanitarian prizes 1,000
People’s Choice Prize (online vote) 500
*As permitted by law.
Funding source:The 2009 President’s discretionary fund
Travel funding provided by (TBD)
Complete rules and conditions will be published on the competition website on www.ieee125.org/ChangetheWorld.
Other student activities and competitions
MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF REGION 10 SACIf you would like to find out more about RISC, email info@rmit.ieeevic.org.