Scholarship Details
IEEE Student Scholarships
Application Deadline:
10/30/2024
Requirements:
Major in electrical or computer engineering or computer science; must be an IEEE member
Purpose:
Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship
IEEE Computer Society is offering $36,000 in student scholarships from $1,000 and up to recognize and reward active student volunteer leaders in student branches or chapters who show promise in their academic and professional efforts.
This scholarship was created in honor of the late Richard E. Merwin, past president of the IEEE Computer Society, to recognize and reward student leadership. The selected winners of this award will have the opportunity to serve as IEEE Computer Society Student Ambassadors for the particular IEEE region to which they belong. Duties as Student Ambassadors will include collecting and disseminating information to student branches or chapters in their region and serving as a liaison between the IEEE Computer Society Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGAB) and student members in their region. Over a dozen scholarships of $1,000 and up are available, for one academic year (approximately 9 months).
Scholarships and Awards
Richard E. Merwin Scholarship
Lance Stafford Larson Paper Contest
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society
Outstanding Chapter Award
IEEE Scholarships and Awards
Eligibility:
Who is Eligible?
Undergraduate and graduate students in electrical or computer engineering, computer science, or a well-defined computer related field of engineering who are active members of a student branch or chapter are eligible. Undergraduate students must be in the final two years of an undergraduate program.
IEEE Computer Society membership for at least three (3) months prior to the application deadline is required. (Note: Students applying for the award should have a minimum one year in which to complete their degree, or be considering or enrolled to immediately start further study upon completion.)
Applicants are required to have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 / 4.0 (or exam marks of at least 60%), and be a full-time student as defined by his or her academic institution during the course of the award. Student winners of the Computer Society’s Richard Merwin or UPE/CS award for the previous year (13 months) are not eligible.
Terms of Award:
$36,000 in student scholarships from $1,000 and up
Please Submit:
Evaluation criteria include participation in student IEEE branch/chapter activities (30%), academic achievement (30%), extracurricular activities (10%), letter of recommendation from student branch/chapter advisor (20%), and quality of Student Ambassador vision statement (10%).
Transcripts
A minimum GPA of 2.5 / 4.0 is required. GPA’s based on percentages and NOT a 4.0 grading scale, must include mark sheets to notate how the GPA was calculated
Transcripts must be issued by the official organization for issuing academic records (typically the Registrar’s office).
Transcripts should be of your entire current degree track (Bachelors, Masters or PhD)
Transcripts must include grades through the most recent term completed prior to the application deadline (usually November/December for the 30 April deadline, and May/June for the 30 September deadline).
If transcripts do not include grades through the most recent term completed prior to the application deadline, the application must include a letter from the Registrar’s office (or the official organization at your school for academic records) explaining why the grades are not yet available.
Upon acceptance you will have to provide a Letter of Full-time Enrollment certificate for duration of Ambassador tenure with school seal on certificate
Letter of Recommendation(s)
Students wishing to apply for a Richard E. Merwin Scholarship should get a letter from their Student Branch Chapter Adviser or Student Branch Counselor. If this is not feasible they can substitute a letter from the Section Computer Society Chapter Chair. The option of a letter from the Section Computer Society Chapter Chair is intended to allow a letter of support in cases where a student’s activities occur outside their Student Chapter, for example Graduate Student Members whose primary volunteering is serving on the Section Chapter committee. These letters should come from the faculty advisors associated with the student branch or chapter; officers of any associated professional chapter or section should not be involved in vetting, reviewing or approving these references. Students may also submit a 2nd letter of reference, which may come from anyone else familiar with your efforts in an IEEE context. If you have questions about this or other aspects of the application process you can submit a query to chapters@computer.org.
