Awards & Grants

Awards or Grants nominations are solicited each year. If interested in applying, please note the specific deadline for each submission and send all application materials to the appropriate committee as listed in the instructions for each award.

For Trainee Grants send the completed Request for Awards/Grants for the 2008 NSS-MIC form and supporting materials to the Conference Office at Forschungszentrum Dresden Rosendorf nssmic2008@fzd.de . The Postal address is found at the bottom of the Request Form.

IEEE NPSS Awards

Here is a list of IEEE NPSS Awards that are applicable to the 2008 NSS/MIC Conference

The 2008 Paul Phelps Continuing Education Grant

Nomination Deadline: August 1, 2008
Nominees for our grant selection process should mail their letters (containing the information described below) to the respective NSS or MIC program chair by August 1, 2008.
Description: To promote continuing education and encourage membership in NPSS.
Prize: Maximum of $500 for each NSS recipient and $500 for each MIC recipient, mostly for tuition in NPSS Sponsored Short Courses, but in selected cases, possibly for partial hotel room costs to attend the NSS or MIC Short Course. The grants will be in the form of direct payments by the conference toward Short Course tuition and/or partial hotel room costs. There will be no support for travel. This year, we expect to make a minimum of two NSS Phelps grants for NSS and two MIC Phelps grants for MIC.
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.
Eligibility: Outstanding NPSS Student Members, Postdoctoral Fellows who are Members of NPSS, and unemployed Members of NPSS who need assistance in changing career direction. An NPSS member that is interested in being considered for a grant should send a letter of nomination to the respective NSS or MIC program chair. If the candidate is a student or post doc, the letter should be co-signed by the candidate's mentor. The letter should contain the following information:

NPSS Student/Post Doc Members:

  • your name and contact information
  • if a Student, the name of your school, and the degree program you are enrolled in (both the subject and the degree being sought), and, if appropriate, a brief biographical sketch
  • if a Post Doc, a brief biographical sketch listing your academic background (universities attended, degrees and dates conferred, employment history)
  • your IEEE membership number
  • a brief description of your current research
  • a brief description of the Short Course that you want to take and your reason for wanting to take it

Currently unemployed NPSS Members:

  • your name and contact information
  • a brief biographical sketch listing your academic background (universities attended, degrees and dates conferred, employment history)
  • your IEEE membership number
  • a brief description of the engineering or research endeavors that you performed whiled employed
  • a brief description of the Short Course that you want to take and your reason for wanting to take it
Basis for Judging: Grants will be made according to the following criteria: Exceptional promise as a Graduate Student or Post Doc in any of the fields of NSS or MIC; exceptionally good work in those fields for currently unemployed NPSS members, with the expectation that attendance to one or more of the Short Courses will result in improved possibility of obtaining a job in one of the NSS or MIC fields.

The selection committee (consisting of the program and short course chairs or their designees) will recommend candidates to the general chair for final selection.

Presentation: Presented each year at the NSS and MIC conferences

The 2008 Radiation Instrumentation Early Career Award (RITC)

Nomination Deadline: June 1, 2008 (Awarded in even numbered years)
Applications available at: http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps
Description: To recognize an individual, early in their career, who has made significant and/or innovative technical contributions to the fields of radiation instrumentation and measurement techniques for ionizing radiation.
Prize: $1,000, Plaque, and Certificate
Funding: Funded by the budget of the IEEE/NPSS Nuclear Science Symposium
Eligibility: Graduate students, or other individuals whose highest degree was awarded within six years of the date of nomination. Candidates for the award must be members in good standing of IEEE and NPSS at the time of nomination.
Basis for Judging: Exceptional contributions to the field of Radiation Instrumentation, demonstrated technical merit, proficiency, career intentions and worthiness of the candidate. The schedule to submit nominations, selection of awardees, and other aspects of the award shall be the responsibility of the Awards Committee of the Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee.
Presentation: Presented biennially in even-numbered years at the IEEE/NPSS Nuclear Science Symposium.

The 2008 Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award (MIC)

Nomination Deadline: July 15, 2008
Applications available at: http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/nmisc
Description: To recognize young investigators in the medical imaging science community who have made significant and/or innovative technical contributions.
Prize: $1,000, Plaque and Certificate
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s Medical Imaging Conference budget.
Eligibility: Graduate students, or other individuals, whose highest degree was awarded within six years prior to the date of nomination.
Basis for Judging: Exceptional contributions to the field of Medical Imaging Science, demonstrated technical merit, proficiency, career intentions and worthiness of the candidate.
Presentation: Presented annually at the Medical Imaging Conference.

The 2008 Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award

Nomination Deadline: July 15, 2008
Applications available at: http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/nmisc
Description: To recognize outstanding technical contributions to the field of medical imaging science.
Prize: $2,000, Plaque, and Certificate
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s Medical Imaging Conference budget.
Eligibility: Any individual who has made outstanding technical contributions to the field of medical imaging science.
Basis for Judging: Primary consideration will be given to the impact and innovativeness of the research. Other factors can include, for example, research contributions over a career and the influence on Medical Imaging Science through education. The nominee is not required to be a member of the NPSS or IEEE but, where candidates have otherwise equal qualifications, preference shall be given to the candidate who is a member of the IEEE.
Presentation: Presented annually at the Medical Imaging Conference.

2008 NPSS Student Paper Awards

Nomination Deadline: All candidates for selection must have identified themselves at the time of abstract submittal.
Description: For outstanding student oral or poster papers presented at the NSS and MIC. The purpose of these awards is to encourage both outstanding student contributions and greater student participation as principal or sole authors of papers as well as to acknowledge the importance of student contributions to the fields embraced by NPSS.
Prize: The two best papers (two awards for each NSS and MIC) will receive cash awards of 500 US$ each and a certificate. The two runners-up will receive a certificate only.
Funding: Funded by each conference’s budget, as determined by each of the individual conferences sponsored by IEEE NPSS.
Eligibility: Any student who is the principal or sole author/researcher and the presenter of either a poster or an oral paper at the NSS or MIC and who has been identified as an eligible student author will be eligible. If there is a tie, preference will be given 1) to IEEE NPSS members; 2) to IEEE members; 3) to non-IEEE members.
Basis for Judging: The on-site awards committee will rank the papers for technical content and originality first. Other criteria such as graphic display and clarity of data presentation may be considered.
Presentation: When possible, awards will be presented at the closeout session of the conference. If this is not possible, the recipients will be notified by mail or e-mail.

For applications for 2009 Awards please see http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/awards.htm

2008 Trainee Grants

Deadline:  June 13, 2008

Application Form

There will be a limited number of grants for support of trainees (graduate students and post-doctoral fellows) to attend the conference. The grants will be in the form of direct payments by the conference toward registration fees, short course fees or hotel room costs. There will be no support for travel. The exact number of grants and the equivalent dollar/euro amounts are still being determined. For Trainee Grants send the completed Request for Awards/Grants for the 2008 NSS-MIC form and supporting materials to the Conference Office at Forschungszentrum Dresden Rosendorf nssmic2008@fzd.de. The Postal address is found at the bottom of the Request Form..

Trainees are reminded that they will need to have their mentor(s) send letters of recommendation to the address on the application form by the deadline.

The technical program committees will recommend candidates to the scholarship chair for final selection. Grants will be made according to the following criteria until all available funds are committed:

  • First priority to students/postdocs who are first authors of accepted abstracts
  • Second priority to students/postdocs who are co-authors on accepted abstracts
  • Third priority to students/postdocs who are not co-authors, but wish to attend the meeting
  • Within any category, funds will be distributed according to the date the letter of recommendation is received

Some grants may have restrictions, e.g. limited to IEEE members.

Students//Postdocs will be expected to write a letter of thanks to the company which provided the funds for their trainee grant.

2008 RTSD Scientist Award

The RTSD Award Committee has elected Prof. Arnold Burger of Fisk University in Nashville, TN, U.S.A. as the recipient of the 2008 RTSD Scientist Award. The official presentation will be made at the 16th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-ray Detectors,  where a certificate will be presented to Dr. Burger noting this honor. Arnold Burger is being recognized for his leadership and scientific contributions in the development of room-temperature semiconductor radiation detectors and their application to medical imaging, space applications and safeguarding of nuclear materials and nuclear nonproliferation.