JSSC Best Student Paper Award

The IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Best Student Paper Award recognizes the most outstanding student-led paper published in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC) during the previous calendar year. This award honors exceptional technical innovation, clarity of presentation, and meaningful impact on the solid-state circuits field.

Prize

• $1,000 awarded to the student lead author
• Certificates for the student, lead author, and their academic advisor

This is a single annual award. Multiple recipients may be recognized only in the case of multiple eligible lead authors.

Funding

Funded by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS).

Eligibility

Eligible papers must:

• Have been published in JSSC during the preceding year
• Have a first author who was a student at the time the work was performed
• Be identified as a student paper at submission time

Self-nominations and nominations from individuals at the same institution as the authors are not permitted.

Multiple nominations of the same paper are allowed.

Nomination Process

Nominations are solicited from:

• Associate Editors and Guest Editors handling the papers
• Reviewers, who may nominate a paper via a reviewer checkbox

Editors receive citation data and IEEE Xplore page-view statistics to support evaluation. Each nomination requires a brief supporting statement.

Selection Committee

The committee is appointed by the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) and consists of:

• The two most recent EiCs
• Six Associate Editors from the current editorial board, with emphasis on academic members

The current EiC serves as the non-voting chair (votes only to break ties).

A quorum is achieved with more than 50% of voting members.

Each committee member ranks their top three papers.

A point system (3–2–1) determines the winning paper.

All voting is conducted via email; the committee does not meet in person or virtually.

Final approval is provided by the SSCS Vice President of Publications.

Judging Criteria

• Impact on the field and potential future influence
• Technical excellence
• Novelty
• Clarity of writing

Schedule

• September 1 – October 1: Nomination period
• October 1 – November 30: Committee review and voting
• December: Winners notified
• February: Award presented at ISSCC

Presentation & Publicity

The award is presented at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).

Winners are announced in the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine and on the SSCS website.