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This IEEE Society’s Secret to Boosting Student Membership

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The society recently launched several programs to engage them, including career fairs, travel grants, and networking opportunities with researchers. Student representatives also help organize conference workshops. Job fairs and travel grants Several new initiatives have been rolled out at the society’s flagship conferences.

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A New Fund Helps IEEE HKN Student Chapters Flourish

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The two facets of the initiative are the Student Chapter Support Grant program and the supplemental Chapter Success Program. Grants help UC-Berkeley, the University of Texas, and others The grant program funds activities designed to support and strengthen chapters. At the evening event, students met with industry professionals.

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DOE, NSF, DHS partner on a research and action competition for smarter communities: Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC)

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In the first stage, teams will compete for planning grants of up to $50,000 per team over a period of four months. Planning grant applications are due on 1 July 2020. MetroLab contributed to the design of the Civic Innovation Challenge, supported by a grant from NSF.

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Cal Energy Commission to award ~$1.2M for center for alt fuels and advanced vehicle technologies

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The California Energy Commission Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) is making up to $1,194,659 in grant funds available to develop a new center or expand an existing center for alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies in Central California. ( PON-14-606 ).

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Hundreds of Resources Highlighted During IEEE Education Week

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The annual event highlights educational opportunities provided by more than 75 IEEE operating units, regions, sections, and technical societies. This year it included events , online resources , and special offers on educational products and services. IEEE members across the globe celebrated IEEE Education Week from 2 to 8 April.

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Riding Into A Better Future @ South Bay Bike Night

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In fact back in 2010 that’s why the County of Los Angeles Health Department gave our South Bay Bicycle Coalition (SBBC) a $250,000 grant. And now the SBBC is having its first fund raiser , cause there’s no more grant money and we need the dough-ray-me to buy bike helmets for kids who don’t have one of their own.

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Berkeley Lab and Peking University To Collaborate on Carbon Capture and Storage Research

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The collaboration was cemented at the US-China Workshop on Carbon Capture & Storage, a two-day event sponsored by the Philomathia Foundation through a grant to UC Berkeley.

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