Bernd Hofmann is awarded with the "IEEE AP-S Eugene F. Knott Memorial Pre- Doctoral Research Grant” of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society for his research project "Sparse Recovery in the Fast Irregular Antenna Field Transformation Algorithm”. The pre-doctoral grant honors the memory of Dr. Eugene F. Knott, who was a distinguished researcher and contributor to the Society. The grants are intended to support students involved in research directed by a faculty member at their institution who is a member of the IEEE AP-S. Two competitions are held each year.