CIGRE Awards
CIGRE grants 7 kinds of distinctions in recognition
of the services rendered by members
- Every Session year, the "CIGRE Medal" is granted to maximum two members of CIGRE, in recognition of an oustanding contribution to the development of CIGRE (either administrative or technical achievement).
- The new "CIGRE Fellow" award is attributed for active participation in the activities of the technical work of the study committees and for providing a lead technical role in the study committees (maximum five awards every two years).
- Also in Session years, the "Honorary Member" awards are granted to maximum ten members who have proven participation in CIGRE technical activities in a leadership role of CIGRE, and for members whose service of CIGRE has been judged exceptional.
- The "Technical Council" award, granted by the Chairman of the Technical Council, is accorded every two years for active participation in Study Committees (maximum sixteen awards).
- Every two years, longstanding services to CIGRE are rewarded by a "Distinguished Member" award, upon proposal from their National Committees.
- The "Thesis Award" is accorded in recognition for a paper written by a student based on their research or PhD or M.sc thesis (frequency: open).Due to a large number of applications, not compatible with the Study Committee resources, CIGRE has suspended this award and is considering to change the application and review process. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
- The "Next Generation Network Significant Contribution Award", this award is intended to recognize outstanding contributions of NGN members to CIGRE activities
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