1. Awards Report Craig Woody NPSS Awards Chair AdCom Meeting November 2, 2013 Seoul, Korea

2. 2014 NPSS Awards Shea Merit Early Achievement Graduate Student (4) Curie Phelps Grants New Awards (Birdsall, Jaszczak) Jordanov Travel Grant Award nominations due Jan 31, 2014 Call in the December NPSS Newsletter

3. IEEE Charles K. Birdsall Award for Contributions to Computational Nuclear and Plasma Sciences For outstanding contributions in computational nuclear and plasma science, with preference given to areas within the broadest scope of plasma physics encompassing the interaction of charged particles and electromagnetic fields $2K annually $30K donation from Ginger Birdsall (up from $20K) to the IEEE Foundation $20K matching contribution from NPSS Approved by NPSS (March 2013) Approved by TABARC (September 2013) Awaiting BoD Approval (November 2013 ) New Award

4. IEEE Ronald J. Jaszczak Graduate Award Recognizes an outstanding Graduate Student, Post- doctoral Fellow or Ph.D. level Research Associate in the field of nuclear and medical imaging sciences Up to $5K/year for up to 3 years (one award every 3 years) $50K donation from Ron Jaszczak to the IEEE Foundation $50K matching contribution from NPSS Selected by a separate Award Committee (appointed by the NPSS President), approved by NPSS Awards Committee and AdCom Approved by NPSS (August 2013) Approved by TABARC (September 2013) Awaiting BoD Approval (November 2103 )

5. Valentine T. Jordanov Radiation Instrumentation Travel Grant AdCom passed a motion last March to: Increase funding to $1500 for each awardee, with a maximum of $12000 per year. Remove the requirement that at least one award be given to an applicant from Bulgaria Allow applicants from both NSS and MIC Approval letter was sent by Jordanov to the IEEE Foundation Publicity: Award will be listed in the TABARC Manual We can list this as a grant on the NPSS website