IEEE David Sarnoff Award

The IEEE David Sarnoff Award was established in 1959 through agreement between the RCA Corporation and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and continued by the Board of Directors of the IEEE. In 1989, sponsorship of the award was assumed by the Sarnoff Corporation.

Recipient selection is administered through the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board.

Sponsor: Sarnoff Corporation

Presented to: An individual or team up to three in number.

Scope: For exceptional contributions to electronics.

Prize: The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate and honorarium.

Basis for judging: In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: singular outstanding achievement, originality, recent impact (within five years) and the quality of the nomination.

Nomination deadline: 31 January

Presentation: IEEE policy requires that its awards be presented at major IEEE events that are in keeping with the nature of the award and the cited achievement.  Identify one IEEE sponsored or co-sponsored conference, society meeting, symposium, etc. within the field of interest of the award.

• IEEE David Sarnoff Award Nomination form (DOC, 35 KB)
• IEEE David Sarnoff Award Nomination form (PDF, 22 KB)
• Guidelines for preparing an IEEE Nomination Form

IEEE David Sarnoff Award Recipients (PDF, 45 KB)

Bios for recent award recipients - 2002 to present

Ilesanmi Adesida, Chair
P. Daniel Dapkus, Past Chair
Yasuhiko Arakawa
Fumio Koyama
Leda Lunardi
Sandip Tiwari
Ming C. Wu