Awards
The Region 6 Awards Program
Purpose and Value of the Awards Program
One of the purposes of a professional society is to recognize the accomplishments of their community. The Region 6 awards program honors IEEE volunteers, engineers, and teachers within Region 6. This is important because those who contribute to IEEE and to our community should be recognized and thanked for their hard work, dedication, and contributions.
New 2025 – 2026 online submissions for Region 6 and all Sections awards nominations
All of these with the exception of the Outstanding Section Nominations are begun at the Section level and the winners of each Section award is passed to the Region 6 awards committee as a nomination for selecting the Region 6 awards. The Sections may choose to give only some of these awards if they do not have nominees or the manpower to do more.
Outstanding Section Nominations are sent directly to the R6 awards committee.
Here is the complete list of award categories for 2025:
1. Outstanding Corporate Service
2. Outstanding Small Section of the Year (500 or fewer active members)
3. Outstanding Medium Section of the Year (501 – 1500 active members)
4. Outstanding Large Section of the Year (more than 1500 active members)
5. Outstanding Small Student Branch of the Year (25 or fewer active members)
6. Outstanding Medium Student Branch of the year (26 – 50 active members)
7. Outstanding Large Student Branch of the year (more than 50 active members)
8. Outstanding Chapter of the Year (includes Technical Councils and Affinity Groups except WIE and LMAG which are now given their own awards)
9. Outstanding Contribution to Promoting Women in Engineering – this may be to an individual (up to 3), or to a WIE Chapter
10. Outstanding Contribution to Promoting Life Member Activities – this may be to an individual, or to a LMAG Chapter Outstanding Engineer
11. Outstanding Service and Leadership to the IEEE
12. Outstanding Educator – must be an IEEE member
13. Outstanding IEEE member who made contributions to STEM and Education as a Mentor, Assistant, or Facilitator
14. Outstanding IEEE member contributing to Global Humanitarian Projects or Activities
15. Outstanding IEEE member promoting Membership Development, Member Retention, or Senior Elevation
16. Outstanding IEEE Young Professional
17. Outstanding Engineer in your Section
Rules: these are from MGA and must be followed.
Members of any awards committee in your section or Region 6 may not be nominators nor assist a nominator. They are not allowed to be nominated for any awards. They also may not write endorsement letters.
Other simple rules: You cannot nominate yourself. You cannot be nominated or endorsed by a family member or a non-IEEE member.
Participating Sections:
The following 28 Sections have agreed to participate.
Hawaii Section
Oakland-East Bay Section
Sacramento Valley Section
San Francisco Section
Santa Clara Valley Section
Boise Section
Eastern Idaho Section
Utah Section
Western Montana Section
Alaska Section
Central Washington Section
Oregon Section
Palouse Section
Richland Section
Seattle Section
Spokane Section
Buenaventura Section
Central Coast Section
Coastal Los Angeles Section
Foothill Section
Metropolitan Los Angeles Section
Orange County Section
San Fernando Valley Section
Albuquerque Section
LANNM Section
Phoenix Section
San Diego Section
Tucson Section
Here is the link to begin your nominations:
https://ieee.secure-platform.com:443/region6
2025-2026 deadlines and schedules
Begin accepting Section award nominations Oct 1, 2025
Oct 30 2025 11:59pm PST deadline for all award nomination submissions to Sections
Oct 31 Sections awards committees begin judging all nominations in their section.
Nov 30 2025 11:59pm PST is the deadline for each of the participating Sections to submit their winners as the new nominations to the Region 6 awards committee.
Dec 1 the Region 6 committee judging begins
Jan 3, 2026 at 11:59pm Region 6 judging ends.
The Region 6 Award winners will be announced soon after.
Contact the R6 Awards Chair for questions or on how to submit an online award nomination.
Jeffrey Pawlan pawlan@ieee.org
(Updated 5-October-2025)
