IEEE Sensors Council New Initiatives Program

Historically we started soliciting proposals from 2019. So far we have approved funding of over $2M in these 5 years. Majority of them (funding-wise) were in 2023, our 25 Year Anniversary Year.

Composition

• The President-Elect is the Chair of the New Initiatives Committee.
• All Vice Presidents (VPs) of the Council are Committee Members.

Term of Office

• The Chair will serve for two years.
• The Committee Members will serve for the duration of their Vice President posts.

Programs, products, or services that promise

• significant benefit to the sensors community
• to have lasting impact on the Council and its business processes
• alignment with our strategic planning
• scalability.

The types of NI projects having high priority for the SC include:

• Increasing SC’s engagement with industry
• Actions which benefit SC journal and conference publications
• Innovative educational opportunities in sensors (but not seasonal schools, workshops, seminars, training courses, etc.)
• Activities which enhance the delegate experience and knowledge exchange at SC conferences, but which are not part of the operational budget of the conference
• Innovative actions to increase visibility of SC activities and strengthen communication with SC’s community
• Innovative activities addressing diversity, inclusion and under-representation

The SC NI program has strong similarities to the IEEE NI program and does not fund the types of activities listed here. For example, following types of proposals won't be supported:

• Individual research and development projects, including prototypes and testing products
• Seasonal schools, workshops, seminars, training courses, etc.
• Venture capital for patentable inventions
• Overhead (general and administrative or indirect costs)
• Ongoing activities or operational costs of the applicant
• Commercial promotion activities
• Grants with an individual as the sole beneficiary
• Scholarships to individuals or institutes
• Endowments
• Participation of specific/individual teams at competitions or conferences
• Extensive travel and meeting expenses