Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers supports students in electrical engineering and related fields through specialized society-based opportunities tied to technical study and project work. Within the organization, the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) sponsors the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Undergraduate/Pre-Graduate Scholarship, a program focused on undergraduate and graduate student members who want to take courses or carry out a thesis or other project in the microwave and radio frequency (RF) area. That scholarship opens on 3/15/2026, closes on 4/15/2026, and offers awards of up to $1,500. The organization’s support in this instance is structured around academic and faculty-guided technical development. Eligible applicants are students pursuing a B.S., M.S., or combined B.S./M.S. program in electrical engineering or a related field. The work must be supervised by a faculty mentor, and the student and faculty jointly submit a 2-page proposal explaining plans for coursework, a project, and a career in microwaves and RF. Faculty mentors for this program must be IEEE MTT-S members, and project work may be conducted with industry participation as long as the faculty mentor remains in place. The scholarship framework also shows that IEEE serves a broad student audience without citizenship restrictions for this opportunity and without using financial need as a selection factor. The listed audience includes college freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the United States, with intended study in electrical engineering. Through programs like this, IEEE connects technical education, mentored project experience, and early career preparation in a defined engineering specialty.