Mojgan Daneshmand Awards
Mouad Addad
Telecommunications Department, Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
Azin Hojjati
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
Sekip Dalgac
Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey
Parul Rattanpal
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India
Soomin Kim
Microwave Antenna, Device and System (MADs) Laboratory, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Vydehi Nitta
Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy
Radha Yadav
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Ankita Kumari
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Anuradha Gupta
Department of E&ECE, IIT Kharagpur, India
Sajedeh Keshmiri
Arizona State University
Mojgan Daneshmand Award Announcement for 2026 IEEE AP-S/URSI in Detriot
The grant is named after our late colleague Prof. Mojgan Daneshmand, whose research achievements and commitments to the Antennas and Propagation Society are a model to promote women.
There will be 12 grants ($1,500 each) annually, which will preferably be awarded to applicants across the 6 continents. In addition to the grant, the Symposium registration fee and banquet ticket are covered by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be scientists, including Master, Ph.D. students and engineers from the industry.
- Applicants cannot have more than 10 years of experience after the Ph.D. degree or 10 years of industry experience.
- Applicants must be the first author of an accepted paper (oral or poster) at the Symposium.
- Applicants must be the presenter of the paper (oral or poster).
Selection Criteria
- Applicants' potential or demonstrated track record of research. Research potential or achievements will be judged based upon the number of years of experience.
- Obtaining a balanced representation across the 6 continents.
Application Material
- Short biography and a research activity summary no more than 3 pages long. For students, the biography should include the expected and completed graduation dates; for graduated applicants the current work position must be included. A list of published and submitted journal and conference papers and, if applicable, the relevant research-related awards and the research projects and funding.
- Copies of all the papers submitted to the Symposium.
- Endorsement letter. The endorsement letter must explicitly state that the applicants commit to attend the conference, present at least one paper and obtain any additional funding needed to cover travel expenses from alternate sources.
- Provide the acceptance email of the paper that will be presented by the candidate at AP-S/URSI 2026.
Applications must include all items listed above to be considered for review. All application materials must be written in English and be combined into a single PDF document.
Please send the completed application as a PDF document via email to claire.migliaccio@univ-cotedazur.fr using the email subject "Application for the Mojgan Daneshmand Grant" by the deadline indicated below.
DEADLINE: 20 March 2026
Each grant recipient will be required to
- Submit a photo that may be used in an announcement during the symposium and/or in the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Magazine
- Complete a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9.*
*Disbursement of award funds will be contingent on receipt of the photo and the appropriate form. All applicable taxes are the responsibility of the recipient. This award is administered in accordance with the IEEE policy on conflict of interest. The grant funds will be delivered by wire transfer.