IEEE R10 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) takes initiatives to provide various values for IEEE members and societies in Asia Pacific Region (R10) and promote achievements of women engineers/professionals. Our missions are:
- Inspire, Engage, Encourage and Empower contribution of women in science and technology worldwide, and especially in R10
- Promote and highlight outstanding women in science and engineering in R10
- Motivate and inspire women engineers & scientists
- Foster women’s technological skills
- Encourage girls to be engineers & scientists
Purpose
The R10 WIE Student / Professional Volunteer Awards have been established to recognize individuals who have exhibited exemplary and substantive leadership of an extraordinary nature in implementing activities which support the visions of R10 WIE, as stated above, at the local, regional, national, and/or international level. The accomplishments of the candidate should be of “significant performance” and should have made a distinguishing contribution to R10 WIE.
Scope
Based on the merit of each candidate, the R10 Awards & Recognition Committee may decide on the number of winners for the prevailing contest year. If no candidate is found to be suitable, no award will be given in that year.
Eligibility
- IEEE Region 10 WIE Student Award targets R10 WIE members of Student Member or Graduate Student Member grade.
- IEEE Region 10 WIE Professional Award targets R10 WIE members of Member grade or higher.
- Nominee must be an IEEE R10 WIE member in good standing who has made an identifiable creative achievement and/or a significant contribution toward the visions of R10 WIE.
- Nominee must be an individual.
- The individuals nominated must be WIE members at the time of nomination.
- Nominee’s achievements and contributions must have been made within the last 3 years for this award.
- A member of the R10 WIE committee cannot be a Nominee.
- Nominee must not have received any of the awards given by IEEE R10 WIE or IEEE WIE within the last 3 years.
Nomination Conditions
- R10 WIE Outstanding Professional Volunteer Award / R10 WIE Outstanding Student Volunteer Award – Nomination Forms and Letters of Endorsement Specifications: Link
- Nominator must be an IEEE member of professional membership grade.
- Self-nominations are not allowed.
- Members of the R10 WIE Committee cannot act as Nominator.
Basis of Selection
The IEEE R10 WIE outstanding volunteer awards are selected based on the following points relating to the candidate’s eligibility:
- Contribution for the mission and vision of R10 WIE
- Impact of activities over the society
- Uniqueness of the activities (new type of activities, new topics)
- Outreach & societal implication (activities that address the societal needs)
- Leadership ability
If no candidate is found to be suitable, no award will be given in the year.
Selection Committee
The R10 WIE awards selection committee is composed of at least 3 members, 2 of whom are nominated by the R10 WIE committee and to be headed by the latter’s chair. The award selection committee reserves the right to present no award if the committee is not satisfied with the standard or quality of entries received. The decision of the award selection committee, as approved by the R10 Director, is final.
Schedule
- Call for Nominations: 1 April 2026
- Nomination Deadline: 31 May 2026
- Evaluation period: 1 June 2026 to 31 July 2026
- Recipient Notified: By 1 October 2026
Award Instrument
- An award plaque will be awarded to the winner.
- One-year IEEE Membership fee (basic IEEE membership only) will be subsidized by R10 for the award winner.
Presentation
Awards will be presented to the attending Section Chair or representative at the R10 Annual General Meeting. Section shall then arrange to present the awards to the award recipient(s) at an appropriate local Section event/occasion.
Record/ Notification
R10 WIE Committee Chair will notify the result of selection by e-mail to individual award recipient. R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair will make an official result announcement to the Section / Council Chairs and Secretaries, and also maintain a record of award recipients on the R10 Website.
Submit your award nomination at:
https://ieee.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/1411/home
Point of Contacts:
- R10 Women in Engineering Committee Chair (South Asia and Pacific), Warunika Hippola: : [email protected]
- R10 Women in Engineering Committee Chair (North Asia), Pauline N. Kawamoto: [email protected]
- Cc: R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair, Prof. Chris Lee: [email protected]
- Cc: Ewell Tan: [email protected]