The Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) offers six prestigious awards annually that recognize outstanding individual accomplishments. Additional awards include the Chapter-of-the-Year, five Best Paper Awards, and two Fellowships to promote graduate-level study.
The awards process is overseen by the Awards Committee, which recommends candidates to the President for all awards, citations, and prizes except as elsewhere provided.
- Award Nomination Deadline: April 1st
- Award Recipient Notification Deadline: June 15th
Technical Awards
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IEEE James Evans Avant Garde Award
DescriptionTo recognize leadership and continuing contributions in promoting new technology in the field of Vehicular Communications and Electronics.
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IEEE Stuart Meyer Memorial Award
DescriptionTo recognize those members of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society who have both served their Society and have contributed to the development of radio technology and science in an outstanding and exemplary manner.
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Early Career Award
DescriptionTo recognize outstanding young scientists or engineers who have made relevant contributions to the theoretical, experimental and operational aspects of electrical and electronics engineering in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society fields of interest.
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Hall of Fame Award
DescriptionTo better recognize those individuals whose truly outstanding leadership and contributions have had a significant impact on the technologies represented by the fields of interest of the IEEE VTS.
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Women’s Distinguished Career Award
DescriptionTo recognize outstanding women engineers who have made significant contributions relevant to the theoretical, experimental, and operational aspects of electrical and electronics engineering in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society fields of interest.
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IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenge Award
DescriptionThe Motor Vehicles Challenge Award will be given to the best performing team in the IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenge held in conjunction with the annual IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conferenc
Membership Awards
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IEEE Honorary Membership Award
DescriptionTo recognize significant technical contribution and outstanding service to the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Student Travel Awards
DescriptionTo provide travel grants to IEEE VTS Student Members that present high ranking papers at conferences that VTS financially sponsors at greater than 50%.
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IEEE VTS Chapter-of-the-Year Award
DescriptionTo recognize the outstanding Chapter of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.
Service Award
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IEEE VTS Outstanding Service Award
DescriptionTo recognize outstanding service to the VTS Board of Governors.
IEEE Fellows of the VTS
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IEEE Fellows of the VTS
DescriptionThe IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest.
Best Paper Awards
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IEEE Best Land Transportation Paper Award
DescriptionTo recognize the best paper relating to Land Transportation published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
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IEEE Best Vehicular Electronics Paper Award
DescriptionTo recognize the best paper relating to Vehicular Electronics published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
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IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award
DescriptionTo recognize the best systems paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
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IEEE Neal Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award
DescriptionTo recognize the best paper relating to Propagation published in the Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Best Magazine Paper Award
DescriptionTo recognize the best magazine paper published in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine.
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IEEE VTS OJVT Best Paper Award
DescriptionTo recognize the best paper published in the IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology.
Fellowships and Scholarships
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IEEE Daniel E. Noble Fellowship Award
DescriptionTo promote graduate-level study in Vehicular Technology.
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IEEE Transportation Electronics Fellowship Award
DescriptionTo promote graduate-level study in Transportation Electronics Technology.
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Student Scholarship Award
DescriptionTo promote undergraduate- and graduate-level study in Vehicular Technology.