EGLS Graduate Student Outstanding Poster Award Grant

EGLS Graduate Student Outstanding Poster Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Physical Society (APS)
Last Updated: November 26, 2025

Summary

The EGLS Graduate Student Outstanding Poster Award, presented by the American Physical Society (APS), recognizes exceptional graduate students who present research posters at the Spring and Fall meetings. Nominees must be registered students, listed as first authors, and present during the session to discuss their work. This award not only honors academic excellence but also provides a cash prize, highlighting the APS's commitment to advancing physics education and research.

Overview

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. The EGLS Graduate Student Outstanding Poster Award is given to graduate research poster presenters. One student is considered for the award during the poster sessions at each of the Spring and Fall meetings. In addition to a section commendation the award carries a cash prize.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. To be considered as a student poster award nominee the following conditions must all be satisfied: Must be a graduate student;The student must be registered for the meeting;The student must be listed as the first author on the poster;The student must be present at the poster during the poster session to answer technical questions about the subject of the poster and their participation in both the work described AND the formatting/creation of the physical poster itself; andThe subject of the poster must be original research, but any subfield of physics is eligible.