Call for Nominations
The IEEE Computer Society TCuArch Graduate Student Industry Impact Award recognizes a graduate student for exceptional technical contributions made during an industry internship in the field of computer architecture. The award honors students whose work demonstrates high technical quality, innovation, and clear relevance to industry needs. The award highlights the role graduate students play in strengthening ties between academia and industry, fostering collaboration, and advancing research that informs both scientific progress and industrial practice.
Official Citation: "For exceptional technical contributions during an industry internship, advancing both industrial impact and academic-industry collaboration in computer architecture."
Administration: The award is administered by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Microarchitecture (TCuArch).
Eligibility: The nominee must be a current graduate student enrolled in a master's or doctoral program and an active member of IEEE Computer Society TCuArch at the time of nomination. The nominee must be currently engaged in, or have completed, an industry internship within one year prior to the nomination deadline. The internship contribution must be technical in nature and directly relevant to the company's products, services, technical capability, or strategic direction. Nominations must be submitted by the student's academic advisor; self-nominations are not accepted.
A complete nomination package must include the following:
Prize: Up to two recipients may be selected annually. Each recipient receives a commemorative plaque and recognition on the TCuArch website and communications. No honorarium or travel allowance is provided.
Multiple Nominations: In case of multiple nominations of the same individual, only one nomination package will be considered, and the nominators may be asked to coordinate a single complete package. Withdrawal of a nomination may be requested by the corresponding nominator or by the nominee before the nomination deadline.
Nominations should comply with IEEE Policies and restrictions on awards. Incidents of misconduct including, but not limited to, violations of IEEE's publication policies, will be strongly considered by the awards committee and may be grounds for denial of an award or leadership position.
Nomination Deadline: 22 July 2026
Submission: Via the IEEE online nominations portal: https://ieee.secure-platform.
