Awards & Grants

	BEST PAPER AWARD
The Best Paper Award recognizes the foremost paper among all papers submitted and presented during the workshop.

 

	BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
The Best Student Paper Award recognizes excellence in research for submitted papers primarily authored and presented by a student at the workshop.

 

	STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
The IEEE Electronics Packaging Society, a SPI 2025 Sponsor, is pleased to provide a special Travel Grant to two students making a presentation at the workshop. The Grants are intended to support all costs directly tied to the event’s attendance, with reimbursements up to the limits of $1300 for students from European institutions and $2100 for students from non-European institutions.

 

Best Student Paper Award & Student Travel Grants – Rules and Procedures

Eligibility

To be eligible, the applicants must meet the following criteria:
• Be enrolled in a recognized academic graduate degree program (Masters or Doctoral)
• Be the presenting author of an accepted paper (oral or poster)

How to apply

Until March 14^th, 2025, the applicants must send an e-mail to the Workshop Secretariat with the subject Student Awards Application and containing the following information:
• Applicant’s full name
• Title of the accepted paper
• Nomination letter (1-page, PDF format) from the applicant’s advisor or from a professor, certifying that the accepted paper is primarily the student’s work

Winners selection

During the workshop, the jury panel will attend each applicant’s presentation. The quality of the presentation, the clarity in replying to questions from the audience and the evaluation made during the review process will be taken into account to select the winners.

Information for winners

The Student Awards can be cumulative. Instructions to request the Travel Grant’s reimbursements will be provided after the workshop ends.