Graduate Fellowship in the History of Technology, 2018-2019
The IEEE Life Member Fellowship in the History of Electrical and Computing Technology, 2018-2019
The IEEE Life Members Fellowship in the History of Electrical and
Computing Technology supports either one year of full-time graduate work
in the history of electrical or computer science or technology or a
related field at a college or university of recognized standing, or up
to one year of post-doctoral research for a scholar in this field who
has received his or her Ph.D. within the past three years. This award is
supported by the IEEE Life Members Committee and administered by the
IEEE History Center. The stipend is $17,000, with a research budget of
up to $3,000. Recipients are normally expected to take up the
Fellowship in the July of the year that it is awarded. Fellowship
checks are normally mailed to the Fellow quarterly in July, October,
January, and April. For Fellows in the southern hemisphere who follow
the southern hemisphere academic year, arrangements can be made to mail
the checks in December (two quarters worth), March, and June.
Pre-doctoral fellows must pursue full-time graduate work and evidence of
satisfactory academic performance is required . In addition,
pre-doctoral recipients may not hold or subsequently receive other
fellowships, but they may earn up to $5,000 for work that is directly
related to their graduate studies.. These restrictions do not apply to
post-doctoral applicants.
The Fellow is selected on the basis of the candidate's potential for
pursuing research in, and contributing to, the field of the history of
technology. The deadline for completed applications for the 2018-2019
Fellowship year is 1 February 2018. More information, contact
information, and an application form are available at: https://www.ieee.org/about/