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are presented. If the paper has more than one author, the
honorarium shall be shared. Description and Nomination
Form: Letters Prize Paper Award (LPPA).

tions in the future. A Certificate and US$1500 honorarium are presented. Description and Nomination Form:
GRSS Early Career Award.

GRSS J-STARS PRIZE PAPER AWARD (J-STARS)
Description: The GRSS established the J-STARS Prize
Paper Award to recognize the author(s) who published in
the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing during the calendar year an
exceptional paper in terms of content and impact on the
GRS-Society. A Certificate and honorarium (US$1500)
are presented. If the paper has more than one author, the
honorarium shall be shared. Description and Nomination
Form: J-STARS Prize Paper Award (J-STARS).

GRSS REGIonAl lEADER AWARD (RlA)
The IEEE GRSS established the Regional Leader Award to
promote, recognize and support members of the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society who have made significant technical, scientific and/or organizational achievements in the areas of interest to the IEEE Geoscience and
Remote Sensing community. A Certificate and honorarium (US$1000) are presented. Description and Nomination Form: Regional Leader Award (RLA).

GRSS EARly CAREER AWARD (ECA)
The GRSS Early Career Award is to promote, recognize and
support young scientists and engineers within the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society that have demonstrated
outstanding ability and promise for significant contribu-

GRSS DAvID lAnDGREbE AWARD (DlA)
The IEEE GRSS David Landgrebe Award is a GRSS career
award, which is awarded for outstanding contributions in
the field of remote sensing image analysis. A Certificate
is presented. Description and Nomination Form: David
Landgrebe Award (DLA).

Rosann MaRosy

New Fellow On-line System

he task of nominating a Senior Member for Fellow
grade got easier with the new Fellow On-line System.
Multiple upgrades were incorporated, but three main enhancements will please nominators. After a nominator
logs in the system, the first requirement will be to input
the nominee's member number. Entering this information
will immediately let the nominator know if the nominee
meets the requirements of being an active IEEE Senior or
Life Senior Member and if the nominee has been a member in good standing for five years or more. If a nominee is
ineligible, the system will prevent the nominator from filling out the entire form and avoid any unnecessary time.
Another new feature that's required is inputting the
member number of the references. The nomination must
include at least five, but no more than eight references who
are IEEE Fellows. Entering this information will immediately inform the nominator, if a reference is eligible or not.

The best feature is allowing nominators the capability
to make changes to main text, update e-mail addresses,
add and delete reference and endorsement names, and to
delete nominations they prepared out of the system up to
the 1 March deadline. Providing nominators this kind of
flexibility will give them the opportunity to prepare a better nomination.
After the deadline has been reached, the system will
authenticate all the data and verify that each nomination
package is complete. As soon as this process is finished, a
confirmation will be sent to the nominator letting them
know whether the nomination will or will not be considered.
The system is now open and ready to accept nominations for the class of 2016. Starting the process early will
alleviate last minute issues. You can visit the Fellow Web
Site at www.ieee.org/fellows, then click "Online Nomination Form" to begin.

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