AFCEA Europe
Excellence in a Scientific Project

The AFCEA Educational Foundation, through the AFCEA Europe Office, sponsors an award for the best European project related to communications, intelligence or information systems.  Nominations are solicited each year from European Chapters and their members.  The nominations, along with all supporting materials, must be received by AFCEA Europe no later than 20 June each year.

       2007 Winning Project - UK Southern Chapter

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       2006 Winning Project - Portugal Chapter

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CRITERIA/PROCEDURE: (Please follow these guidelines)

1. The nominee must be a European university or military academy student working towards a Bachelor's or Master's degree.  The nominee can be in his or her final year.

2. The project must be scientifically oriented and related to the disciplines which support communications, intelligence or information systems, e.g. physics, math, electronics, electricity or computer science.

3. The student must explain his/her project to a nominator, typically a representative of the local AFCEA Chapter. (A list of suggested questions is included with the Nomination Form which can be found at www.afceaeurope.org/html/education_awards.)

4. The Nomination Form must be completed including the student's verification that the project is his/her endeavour, endorsement by a teacher, and a signature of the AFCEA nominator.

5. The winning student must be free to attend TechNet Europe held each year in October.  (Where a project team is involved, then only the team leader will be invited to attend TechNet Europe.)  The student will be required to give a
10-minute PowerPoint brief on the project to the TechNet Europe audience.

6. AFCEA Europe will review all projects and announce the winner by the end of July. The decision of the AFCEA judges will be final. All Chapters submitting nominations will be notified as soon as the winner is selected.

SELECTION GUIDELINES:
All nominated projects will be judged according to the following:

1. Originality/creative ability
2. Scientific/engineering significance
3. Research/experimentation
4. Skills/equipment/design
5. Practicality/usefulness
6. Presentation/clarity
7. Relation to AFCEA disciplines

PRIZES:

1. The winning student will enjoy a trip to TechNet Europe. Minimum cost air fare, lodging and meals (up to 3 nights maximum) will be provided and paid for by AFCEA Europe.

2. All students submitting a project will be entitled to one year's membership of AFCEA. The winner will also receive a cheque for Euro 500.

NOTE:  Nomination Forms will be available after March 1 at www.afceaeurope.org/html/education_awards