4CS Harry Lustig Award

The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities. APS represents more than 50,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the United States and throughout the world.

Harry Lustig Award

Harry Lustig spent his first career at CCNY, then “retired” to become APS secretary‐treasurer. Harry was important to the early days of the Forum on the History of Physics and helped establish the endowments for the LeRoy Apker Award, Joseph A. Burton Forum Award, and the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics. After APS, Harry "retired" again, this time to Santa Fe. His love for the area contributed to his instrumental role in the formation of the Four Corners Section, and he was very active in the affairs of the Section in its early days. Born September 23, 1925, in Vienna, Austria, Harry Lustig passed away March 17, 2011, in Santa Fe.

To honor Harry Lustig and to recognize outstanding graduate-level research performed in the Four Corners states, the award, given annually, consists of a $1,000 stipend and a certificate citing the contribution made by the recipient. Finalists will be invited to present their work at the annual Four Corners Section (4CS) meeting and the recipient will be decided after the finalists’ presentations. All finalists will receive some travel support, prioritized based on need, to the annual 4CS meeting.

Eligibility

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• The award is open to graduate students and others working in any area of physics covered by units of the APS.
• Candidates’ primary affiliation may be outside the 4CS but they must be 4CS members.
• Candidates must be nominated by a non-student member of 4CS and they must be currently engaged in the nominated research.
• The research must be at a graduate level and performed or supervised at a University or Laboratory in the 4CS.
• Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree, which does not have to be in Physics.
• The Harry Lustig Award should be awarded to a single individual.

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Ineligibility

• Undergraduate work does not qualify for this award.
• A Ph.D. related to the work may not be officially conferred before submission deadline.