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 3-October-2025)