The IEEE Life Members Graduate Study Fellowship is awarded annually to a first-year, full-time graduate student for work in the area of electrical engineering at an engineering school/program of recognized standing worldwide. Fellows receive a stipend, which can be renewed for a second year for continued studies of the same degree.

Applicants must be first-year graduate students pursuing a Master’s degree program (or a doctoral degree program if it is the first graduate degree for the student). Students who have been accepted into a qualifying graduate program are eligible. Students in combined BS/MS programs are also eligible for the award, which would apply in the final year of the program.