Mojgan Daneshmand Awards
Astrid Algaba Brazález
Technical University of Cartagena, Spain
Diana Sofía López Cárdenas
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Giada Maria Battaglia
Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Hadeel Elayan
Northeastern University, Boston, United States
Kaitlin Hall
University of Utah, United States
Li Zhang
Sanda university, China
Maha Hesham Elfeshawy
German University in Cairo, Egypt
Mehri Ziaee Bideskan
University of Calgary, Canada
Subhadrita Ghosh
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Xing Li
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yi He
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Zahra Sarpanah Sourkouhi
University of British Columbia, Canada
Mojgan Daneshmand Award Announcement for 2025 IEEE AP-S/URSI in Ottawa
The grant is named after our late colleague Prof. Mojgan Daneshmand, whose research achievements and commitments to the Antennas and Propagation Society are a model to promote women.
There will be 12 grants ($1,500 each) annually, which will preferably be awarded to applicants across the 6 continents. In addition to the grant, the Symposium registration fee and banquet ticket are covered by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be women scientists, including Master, Ph.D. students and engineers from the industry.
- Applicants cannot have more than 10 years of experience after the Ph.D. degree or 10 years of industry experience.
- Applicants must be the first author of an accepted paper (oral or poster) at the Symposium.
- Applicants must be the presenter of the paper (oral or poster).
Selection Criteria
- Applicants' potential or demonstrated track record of research. Research potential or achievements will be judged based upon the number of years of experience.
- Obtaining a balanced representation across the 6 continents.
Application Material
- Short biography and a research activity summary no more than 3 pages long. For students, the biography should include the expected and completed graduation dates; for graduated applicants the current work position must be included. A list of published and submitted journal and conference papers and, if applicable, the relevant research-related awards and the research projects and funding.
- Copies of all the papers submitted to the Symposium.
- Endorsement letter. The endorsement letter must explicitly state that the applicants commit to attend the conference, present at least one paper and obtain any additional funding needed to cover travel expenses from alternate sources.
- Provide the acceptance email of the paper that will be presented by the candidate at AP-S/URSI 2025.
Applications must include all items listed above to be considered for review. All application materials must be written in English and be combined into a single PDF document.
Please send the completed application as a PDF document via email to claire.migliaccio@univ-cotedazur.fr using the email subject "Application for the Mojgan Daneshmand Grant" by the deadline indicated below.
DEADLINE: 23 March 2025
Each grant recipient will be required to
- Submit a photo that may be used in an announcement during the symposium and/or in the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Magazine
- Complete a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9.*
*Disbursement of award funds will be contingent on receipt of the photo and the appropriate form. All applicable taxes are the responsibility of the recipient. This award is administered in accordance with the IEEE policy on conflict of interest. The grant funds will be delivered by wire transfer.