July 2020 Issue

IEEE Member Benefit for July 2020

• IEEE member travel insurance (US and Canada) IEEE offers travel solutions to IEEE members for protection and peace of mind when traveling anywhere in the world, for business or pleasure. The Gateway International Insurance Plans offer solutions for special insurance needs when traveling abroad. Plans are available to IEEE members in the US and Canada. For more information, visit: https://www.ieee.org/membership/discounts


• Additional information on COVID-19 updates from Member Discounts partners:
  https://www.ieee.org/membership/discounts/index.html#cOVID-19-updates-from-member-discounts-partners

Announcements

Call for participation - IEEE open source design peer-review

IEEE SA recently launched an open source platform. Our committee is looking for volunteers that are knowledgeable on publication peer-review (e.g. IEEE's Xplore or conferences) or product release management to help define a new service:

• peer-review of open source designs
• a complementary service to publications
• planned to draw on the technical expertise of IEEE members

Timeline and time commitment- We will submit our recommendations to the IEEE SA Open Source Committee in the 2020 calendar year. Time commitment requires participation in bi-weekly web conference calls, usually 1 hour long. Action items from these calls may require a few hours of work between calls: time commitment is expected to be light to moderate. Most of the work is expected to be done remotely with most communications being asynchronous (email, group chat, on-line repository, Google docs, etc) For additional information, contact the open source peer-review ad-hoc committee chair via email at alfredo.herrera@ieee.org

Articles and Resources

• IEEE educational activities continue to offer online instruction and IEEE’s pre-university educational resources may be of assistance to families of students whose classroom activities have been disrupted. Home-schooling parents and students can explore the IEEE TryEngineering database to learn about a wide variety of concepts.
• Free Virtual Events to Help You Transition to eLearning
• Helping Students Learn via Online Delivery: Considerations for Pandemic Pedagogy
• Online Networking 101: Five Etiquette Tips for Successful Engagement

Scholarships, and Prizes

• IEEE TFA's, Herz Staff Award, and Medals & Recognitions
  The IEEE Awards Board (AB) administers the highest medals, awards, and recognitions presented by IEEE. The IEEE Technical Field Awards are awarded for contributions or leadership in specific fields of interest of the IEEE. IEEE Medals embrace significant and broad IEEE interests and purposes.

  Nominations are due 15 January annually for the IEEE Technical Field Awards.

  All are encouraged to submit a nomination for a worthy candidate within their technical fields. Nomination guidelines, award-specific criteria, and components of a nomination form can be downloaded from https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/information.html and http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/recognitions/recognitions_herz.html . All nominations must be submitted through the online nomination portal. For more information visit www.ieee.org/awards or e-mail awards@ieee.org.



• McNaughton Centre Grant
  Application Link: http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/cen_grnt.php
  Application Deadline: November 15, 2020


• Special Grants and Vehicular Technologies Grants
  Grant Link: http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/sp_grnts.php
  Grant Deadlines: August 15, 2020 and November 15, 2020


• Deadline Extension for RTH Alden Scholarship
  Scholarship Link: http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/alden_scholarship.php
  Scholarship Deadline: August 15, 2020


• Deadline Extension for Gargantini-Strybosch Scholarship
  Scholarship Link: https://ewh.ieee.org/r7/cafoundation/EN/gs_scholarship.php
  Scholarship Deadline: August 15, 2020


• Deadline Extension for Dr. Raymond D. Findlay Scholarship
  Scholarship Link: http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/findlay_scholarship.php
  Scholarship Deadline: August 15, 2020

IEEE Canadian Foundation

• Special Grants cover virtual activities and events
  

  Special Grants from the IEEE Canadian Foundation can cover virtual as well as in-person activities and events. Special Grants support new and innovative initiatives of interest to the IEEE Canada community.

  By all means, make first use of collaborative tools made available to you from IEEE, such as Collabratec, Webex or Google (Hangouts) Meet, or those from your school/work environment. Beyond those, IEEE Student Branches and other groups are encouraged to apply imagination to what might be possible and achievable in the present COVID-19 situation.

  Or perhaps there are initiatives that could start early as virtual then reasonably anticipate developing into hybrid or in-person, hands-on activities when the time is right.

  Projects that benefit or engage more people or have a broader impact on society will normally be given preference. Projects that are part of student’s normal course requirements (e.g. capstone design projects) will not normally be funded.

  Submissions for the next round of Special Grants are due August 15, 2020 with applicants notified of decisions by mid-September.

  Learn more here: http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/sp_grnts.php
  Apply here: http://www.ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/forms/sp_gr_app_e.php

• IEEE Canadian Foundation 25/25 Campaign
  2020 is IEEE Canada 25th Anniversary! IEEE Canadian Foundation 25/25 Campaign invites a first-time or incremental $25 gift to celebrate 25 years of IEEE Canada – IEEE Canadian Foundation successful work that benefited many IEEE members and nonmembers.


• Double Your Gift to the IEEE Canadian Foundation
  Your employer may have a charitable gift matching program. Typically, these programs match your personal contribution to registered Canadian charities. Each plan is different, and not always publicized, so please ask your HR department or look into your employee benefits. The IEEE Canadian foundation is a registered charity and operates under Canada Revenue Agency registration number 102450376RR0001.
  You may be eligible to participate in your company's charitable gift matching program if you are a:
  • full time or part time employee,
  • pensioner/retiree,
  • spouse of an employee,
  • widow(er) of someone formerly employed at that company,
  • member of the Board of Directors.
  If gift matching is available in your workplace, please spread the word with your IEEE colleagues there – and let us know about your experience.

Events

• Upcoming IEEE Standards Meetings
  
  • August 2-6 - Montreal: Substations Committee - during PES general meeting
  • August 2-6 - Montreal: Transmission & Distribution Committee - during PES general meeting
  • August 2-6 - Montreal: Power Generation Committee - during PES general meeting
  • August 2-6 - Montreal: AMPS (Analytics) Committee - during PES general meeting