DISCLAIMER
After submission of a nomination, reference or endorsement, additional vetting is done todetermine if the nomination is complete and will be evaluated. An email confirmation will besent after the nomination deadline to verify all requirements have been met and the nomination
will be considered for possible elevation to IEEE Fellow. Please read the details below:
Validation of a Nominator
Although your nomination has been submitted, final eligibility of a Nominator cannot be validated until thenomination deadline (7 February 2024). A nomination will be rejected if the nominator holds one or more ofthe following positions:•••

Member of the IEEE Board of Directors.

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Any member of the Cohort Fellow Evaluating Committee (CFEC) evaluating the nomination.

Member of the Fellow Committee.
Chair, Vice Chair or Member (Evaluator) of any Society/Council Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC)
evaluating the nomination.
Any Society/Council officer to whom the S/C FEC reports.
The Nominee (self-nominations are not permitted).
A Reference for the same nomination.
An Endorser for the same nomination
IEEE Staff.

Validation of a Reference
Final eligibility of a Reference cannot be validated until the nomination deadline (7 February 2024). A
submitted Reference shall be disallowed if the IEEE Membership dues of the member serving as a Reference
are not current for the year preceding the year of elevation. References shall be considered ineligible if theyhold one or more of the following positions:•••

Member of the IEEE Board of Directors.

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Any member of the Cohort Fellow Evaluating Committee (CFEC) evaluating the nomination.

Member of the Fellow Committee.
Chair, Vice Chair or Member (Evaluator) of any Society/Council Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC)
evaluating the nomination.
Nominator for the same nomination.
IEEE Staff.

Validation of an Endorsement
Final eligibility of an endorsement cannot be validated until the nomination deadline (7 February 2024). AnEndorser shall be considered ineligible if they hold one or more of the following positions:•••

Member of the IEEE Board of Directors.

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Any member of the Cohort Fellow Evaluating Committee (CFEC) evaluating the nomination

Member of the Fellow Committee.
Chair, Vice Chair or Member (Evaluator) of any Society/Council Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC)
evaluating the nomination.
Nominator for the same nomination.
IEEE Staff.

Validation of a Nominee
At any time during the nomination and evaluation processes, a Nominee shall be considered ineligible if theyhold one or more of the following positions:
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The Society/Council officer to whom the Society/Council Fellow Evaluating Committee
evaluating the Nominee reports.

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Members who have committed, in the five years preceding 1 January of the year of elevation,either a plagiarism violation or other form of major publication misconduct, as identified by thePublication Services and Products Board (PSPB) or a conduct violation or other form of major
ethics violation as identified by the relevant IEEE bodies. Two or more counts of such
violations by the same member over any period of time shall result in permanent ineligibility.
When evaluating Nominees, the IEEE Fellow Committee may consider, in its reasonablediscretion, such other factors that may bear on the Nominee’s professional ethics and scientificintegrity, including but not limited to:ooo

Prohibiting from publishing in a non-IEEE publication.

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Ethical misconduct as determined by the relevant IEEE body or other competent authority.

Plagiarism violations or other forms of major publication misconduct outside of IEEE.
Scientific misconduct as determined by the relevant IEEE body or other competentauthority in the scientific community at large.
Other misconduct in the public domain under active investigation by IEEE or othercompetent authority, which if established would compromise nominee’s candidacy.