The annual deadline for submitting Phil Kaufman Award nominations is June 30^th.

Presented annually by the Electronic Design Automation Consortium and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation, this annual award honors an individual who has had demonstrable IMPACT on the field of electronic design through contributions in Electronic Design Automation (EDA).

The contributions should fall into any or a combination of the following categories:

. Business Impact
. Industry Direction and Promotion Impact
. Technology and Engineering Impact
. Educational and Mentoring Impact

Important note:
Beginning in 2010, the Phil Kaufman Award committee has updated the standard nomination form with new sections of interest and limitations on the length and number of endorsements one can submit on behalf of the nominee.  The committee now also requires that archived nominations submitted prior to 2007 be resubmitted on the new form (below) for consideration.  Moving forward, all nominations older than 3 years will be rolled off unless resubmitted.

Instructions:

1. Download the form in Word format.
2. Fill out the form.
3. Email the form and any additional documents to the EDA Consortium at , or
print and fax the form and any additional documents to EDAC at +1-408-317-3322.

Please email EDAC at or call +1-408-287-3322 if you have any questions.