Description
This award recognizes on a yearly basis a highly influential and impactful article of the highest quality published in the IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine in the preceding 2 calendar years. (For example, the 2023 award recognizes a paper published in 2021, 2022.) Any current member of the editorial board or past member within the last 3 years can submit a nomination for this award. Self-nominations are not allowed. The awardee will be selected by a committee appointed by the NTC President. The Committee Chair is appointed by the NTC President with recommendation from the NTC VP of Publications; members of the Committee are appointed by the Chair with approval by the NTC President.
Eligibility
At least one author must be an IEEE member and NTC participant at the time of publication. The award is given to an individual or group of authors co-authoring a single high impact paper published in the IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine. The awardee will be selected by a committee appointed by the NTC President. The Committee Chair is appointed by the NTC President with recommendation from the NTC VP of Publications; members of the Committee are appointed by the Chair with approval by the NTC President.
Voting members of the NTC Executive Committee (ExCom) are not eligible. Previous award winners are not eligible for substantially the same achievements (per IEEE Policies 4.4: An individual shall receive only one award for a given achievement, unless the significance merits a higher award, which may be given in the following year or thereafter).
Selection / Basis for Judging
Each member of the Committee, evaluates each nomination on several aspects, including but not limited to the following metrics: impact, quality of writing and presentation, relevance of the topic, its influence in nanotechnology-based communities.
The range of the score by each member of the committee is from 0-5. The Chair will generate for each nomination a scoring table (with averages) to be distributed to voting members of the Committee. The Committee will rank a final pool of up to 3 nominated papers and recommend the winner. The nominations and recommendations will be presented in a report to the NTC ExCom for voting in its May meeting. The Committee Chair will not vote except to break ties.
Prize
Total honorarium of $500 equally split between the co-authors and a certificate to each.
Presentation
The award will be presented at the annual IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO) banquet. Attendance is mandatory to receive the award, but no travel allowance is provided.
Past Recipients
View past award recipients.
Schedule
Submission of nominations: March 1 of any year
Committee's award recommendation(s): April 1
Notification to awardee(s): May 15
Note: Nominations accepted from any current or past member of the INM Editorial Board
Nominations
Submission of nominations: Email by March 1st to the INM Awards Chair,
Xiaoning Jiang
Dean F. Duncan Distinguished Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
xjiang5@ncsu.edu
