Please note the following eligibility criteria that apply to all awards:
- The Awards Committee chair is NOT eligible for any ComSoc awards during his/her tenure as the committee chair. In the event that the Chair is inadvertently nominated for an award, the nomination shall be considered void and be withdrawn from consideration before the commencement of any award selection process by the committee.
- Awards Committee members are not eligible for any ComSoc awards during their service term. In the event that a committee member is nominated for an award, he/she should either resign from the committee or ask that the paper nomination be withdrawn (in agreement with all co-nominees) before the commencement of any award selection process by the committee. Awards Chair and Committee Members shall neither nominate nor endorse any ComSoc awards.
- ComSoc President is not eligible for any ComSoc awards during his/her tenure as the President.
- Vice President for Publications, Director of Journals, and Director of Magazines are not eligible for ComSoc paper awards during their service term.
- BoG members shall not nominate any ComSoc paper awards.
- An EiC is NOT eligible for the ComSoc paper award and award nomination for the journal/magazine he/she is serving as the EiC.
- Any individual can have a maximum of one ComSoc paper award within three consecutive calendar years, starting from 1 January 2025.
- Self-nominations are not considered.
The 2025 Paper Awards will be presented at 2025 IEEE GLOBECOM.
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The IEEE Communications Society Paper Awards honors the contributions of members and individuals who advance communications technology through published papers in ComSoc sponsored or co-sponsored publications.
Review the awards listed below for their specific eligibility requirements and nomination instructions.
The IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communication
The IEEE Communications Society Best Survey Paper Award
The IEEE Communications Society Best Tutorial Paper Award
The IEEE Communications Society Charles Kao Award for Best Optical Communications & Networking Paper
The IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize
The IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter
The IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize
The IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Paper Award
The IEEE Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize
The IEEE Communications Society William R. Bennett Prize
The IEEE Communications Society Katherine Johnson Young Author Best Paper Award
The IEEE Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award