About IEEE Standards Association Awards

Awards Timeline

Nominations Period: 1 February – 31 July

Please note that the nomination package, including at least 3 endorsements must be completed and submitted by 31 July.  Nominations packages that are incomplete as of 31 July will not be considered by the IEEE SA Awards and Recognition Committee.

Award Recipient Notification: September

Awards Ceremony: IEEE SA hosts an Award Ceremony to honor recipients. The 2026 ceremony will be held in December in Dublin, Ireland.

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Awards Nominations

IEEE SA Awards Overview

The IEEE SA recognizes outstanding achievements through various award categories. These awards include:

IEEE SA Conformity Assessment Award

This award may be presented annually to an individual or entity to recognize major contributions to the development and promotion of IEEE standards products through conformity assessment activities.

IEEE SA Corporate Award

This award may be presented annually to an IEEE SA member organization for providing outstanding leadership and contributions to the IEEE SA.

IEEE SA Emerging Technology Award

This award may be presented annually to an individual, working group, or company that has advanced, initiated, or progressed a new technology within the IEEE SA open consensus process.

IEEE SA International Award

This award may be presented annually to an IEEE SA individual member who has made an extraordinary contribution to establishing the IEEE SA as a world-class leader in standardization.

IEEE SA Lifetime Achievement Award

This award may be presented annually to an individual having a 15+ year commitment to standards development within IEEE and other national and international standards activities who provided significant technical contributions to a standards committee or in their field of interest.

IEEE SA Practice Volunteer Transformational Market Impact Award

The Practice Volunteer Transformational Market Impact Award recognizes major contributions to the outreach, development, and overall support towards achieving the vision and impact within an IEEE SA Practice.

IEEE SA Standards Board Distinguished Service Award

This award may be presented annually to current member(s) or past member(s) of the IEEE SA Standards Board to recognize distinguished service to the IEEE SA based on major contributions to the standards development process.

IEEE SA Standards Committee Award

This award for Outstanding Contributions to Entity Standards Development may be presented annually to IEEE Standards Committees that have shown exceptional support of the entity standards development process.

IEEE SA Standards Medallion

The Standards Medallion is awarded for major contributions to the development of standards.

Working Group Chair Award

IEEE SA Working Group Chair Awards are presented to volunteers to recognize their contributions to the development and publication of an IEEE standard.

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