About the Fellowships
Up to seven Graduate Studies Fellowships are awarded annually to promote, recognize, and support eligible students within the Society’s fields of interest. The purpose is to support awardees toward a stay at a foreign university or research institution.
One of these fellowships is the IEEE PELS John G. Kassakian Fellowship named in honor of John G. Kassakian, who was the second president of the Power Electronics Council and the founding president of PELS. This fellowship is reserved for the highest-ranked winner.
These fellowships are also funded by the IEEE Foundation’s Future Workforce Fund.
Contents:
- Certificate
- Complimentary IEEE and PELS memberships for the following year
- Honorarium (USD 5,000)
- Reimbursement towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony (up to USD 1,000)
Submitting a Candidate
The following records should be submitted with an application:
- A certificate of language proficiency (if the host institution is in an area where another language than the candidate’s main language is spoken)
- A letter from the candidate’s hosting advisor (acting as nominator) who is a PELS member and endorsing the stay at the host institution
- A one-page biographical summary of the candidate
- A one-page single-spaced statement written by the candidate that outlines the education, research goals, and accomplishments concerning current studies
- An up to five-page single-spaced academic proposal that provides a title page, study proposal describing the study to be completed, anticipated type of paper (short or full) for the final report, and budget
- An up to two-page academic or professional CV of the graduate advisor (who is an IEEE member) at the candidate’s home university
- Copies of the candidate’s transcripts (and an explanation if the grading system differs from A – F format)
- Budget of how the anticipated costs for the stay abroad will be covered (other financial sources should be indicated as well.
- Two letters of recommendation from senior scientists other than the nominator who are familiar with the candidate’s research and education qualifications
The portal to submit an application is now closed.
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Details About the
Fellowships
2025:
To be announced
Candidates should be a PELS member and Student Member, Graduate Student Member, or Member of IEEE at the time of nomination. Students with a Master’s degree or equivalent pursuing an advanced doctoral/PhD degree within the Society’s fields of interest on a full-time basis are eligible. They must plan a stay to study at a host institution in a foreign country for six to nine months and will continue their studies at their home university with the same faculty advisor for twelve months after receiving the scholarship. The scholarships do not have any country or region restrictions.
***Please note: Recipients are not allowed to accept another award of the same kind for the same purpose.***
Criteria: Judgment of the recipients will be based on the following:
- Contextual and organizational plan for the stay
- Grades and education career
- Quality and impact of the application material, including the recommendation letters
2024
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2023
Raunak Agrawal
Riccardo Breda
Inhwi Hwang
Hanyu Liu
Neha Rajput
Daniel Zhou
