H U M A N I T A R I A NPROJECTS CONTEST

FEBRUARY 2018 - MARCH 2018

IEEE INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY CHAPTER AND MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

CALL FOR PROPOSAL HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS CONTEST 2018

Slogan: Empowering Communities for Better Future

IEEE Industry Applications Society CMD Support Committee and Humanitarian

Programs Subcommittee are pleased to announce the 2018 Humanitarian Project

Contest Call for proposals.

IEEE Industry Applications Society CMD Support Committee and Humanitarian

Programs Subcommittee initiated Humanitarian Projects Contest in 2016 with slogan

of empowering communities for better future. Communities are facing problems

related to Energy, Water, Health, Sanitation, Transport and Agriculture etc throughout

the world. This Humanitarian Projects Contest is introduced to encourage Young

Volunteers to find and implement feasible solutions for problems in a form of project

for the underprivileged community under supervision of professionals (Faculty

Advisors).

Eligibility

All IEEE Undergraduate and Graduate Student Members are welcome to submit their

humanitarian project in one of the following categories:

Individuals: One IEEE Student/Graduate Member and a Project Advisor

Teams: Up to 3 IEEE Student/Graduate Members and a Project Advisor

All team members should be IEEE IAS members. The project advisor should be a

faculty member of the university.

You may apply as a team or as an individual - however team work would be

recommended.

Theme of Humanitarian Project

Project must be related but not limited to one of these themes:

Energy

Health Facilities

Disaster Management

Human Security

Water & Sanitation

Education

Project Criteria

The project must be emerging technologies for the benefit of humanity

Stage of execution: the project should be preferably at the Middle-final stage

The problem that you propose to solve must be inspired from your town/city,

country or region

Proposal

Use the Template Form ( Proposal-Template) to write your Humanitarian Project

Proposal

For Fund: you need to include a detailed budget of the costs you expect to incur.

Video

Submit a video: Project vision + Area where the project will be implemented (the

beneficiaries)

Online Application Form

https://goo.gl/forms/bXu43NNgJu6xL8e63

Deadlines

Submission Opens Submission deadline Evaluation Period Notification

7 February 2018 15 March 2018

(02:00 AM, EST) 15-31 March 2018 1st April 2018

Awards and funds

Up to 3 wining individual and team humanitarian projects each will

receive an Annual Meeting Travel Grant Program (AMTGP) award and

will have the opportunity to be presented at the Student Technical

and/or Poster Session of the IAS Annual Meeting 2018 in Portland, OR,

USA (23-27 September 2018).

Cash Prizes for winners

Possible Partial/Total Project Refund

NOTE : All files (a PDF file of your project’s proposal, Youtube or Google Drive

Link of your project video) should be submitted directly in the application form.