Request Funding
Request Funding
Need Funding?
- Is your IEEE program in need of funding?
- Perhaps you have more project ideas than your IEEE budget can support?
- Maybe your program needs funding to scale up its activity?
If your IEEE Organizational Unit (OU) finds itself in any of these situations, the IEEE Foundation may be able to help.
Within the IEEE Foundation’s portfolio, there is funding available from which the IEEE Foundation Board invests in philanthropic programs/projects of IEEE OUs that are expected to result in measurable and lasting impacts.
We invite your OU to apply for funding from us. To ensure we consider your request, please read through the following details and requirements before preparing your request.
Submitting a Funding Request
IEEE OUs interested in requesting funding may submit a proposal at any time by completing the Funding Request Proposal Form and sending it to the Foundation Office email alias: foundation-office@ieee.org. Please note, when submitting requests best practice is to provide at least 2-3 months lead time prior to the start of your project/event in order to account for the Foundation's review process as outlined below.
Deadlines:
For 2025, the IEEE Foundation will have two proposal cycles:
Cycle 1: COMPLETED
- Application window opens: 2 January 2025
- Application window closes: 4 April 2025
- If endorsed, final review date: Foundation Board meeting on 22 May 2025.
- Please allow up to 3 weeks following this meeting for an update.
Cycle 2:
- Application window opens: 1 June 2025
- Application window closes: 24 October 2025 at 5pm EDT
- If endorsed, final review date: Foundation Board meeting on 4 December 2025.
- Please allow up to 3 weeks following this meeting for an update.
New for 2025:
If your proposal is for local Young Professionals or Students, please apply via the following pages:
IEEE Young Professionals Event Funding
To complete the form, you will need the following information:
- Project Title of the activity
- The name of the IEEE OU (Section, Society, Major Board, Chapter, etc) submitting the request
- The name(s) of the activity’s leader(s) with contact information
- Statement of need – One to two sentence summary of the activity
- Amount requested
- Has any funding/sponsorship been secured from other entities (IEEE affiliated or external)?
- NOTE: The IEEE Foundation will request you seek funding from other IEEE entities before considering endorsing and provide funding for a project.
- Expected impacts via metrics – standard metrics include number of people impacted, number of projects deployed and volunteer hours
- Brief description of how the program will recognize the IEEE Foundation in the promotion of the program
- Description of the activity - Up to a two-page description of the program’s goals and milestones
- Dates of events or timelines associated with proposal
- Brief outline of the project budget
- If you were to receive approval for funding, how would you receive the funds? Where would the funds be going (location/region/country) as well as what IEEE OU would be receiving the funds?
Review Process Employed by the IEEE Foundation
Once the proposal is submitted:
- The Foundation’s Senior Manager - Programs & Governance and Programs Specialist will review all proposals against the request details and requirements as noted above.
- Proposals that pass the initial screening will be presented to the IEEE Foundation’s Programs Committee during the next regularly scheduled Committee meeting. Meetings are typically held 2-3 weeks in advance of the IEEE Foundation's Board Meetings. See schedule above.
- Funding decisions will be announced within two to three weeks after the Board Meeting.
- An IEEE Foundation grant agreement with specified payment terms will be executed with all funded requests.