2021 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference Awards: Comments by the Chair.

On behalf of the Committee, I am pleased to announce the 2021 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) awards. Although there were several strong candidates, one paper clearly stood out in terms of relative ranking and scoring, and a second paper received evaluations well above those of the remaining papers. Accordingly, it was decided to award a best paper and a meritorious paper for NSREC 2021. The Outstanding Student Paper was the highest-ranking finalist paper first-authored and presented by a student. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]