EGLS Howard Maxwell Award Grant

EGLS Howard Maxwell Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Physical Society (APS)
Amount: Unspecified amount in in-kind support
Last Updated: June 17, 2025

Summary

The EGLS Howard Maxwell Award recognizes outstanding service to the Eastern Great Lakes Section of the American Physical Society (APS). Established in 1938, the section fosters collaboration among physicists and scientists from various fields through biannual symposia. Named after Howard Maxwell, this award honors dedicated contributions to the APS community, encouraging participation from students and educators in the greater Ohio region.

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 Eastern Great Lakes Section  (EGLS) of the American Physical Society, established in 1938, brings together physicists, other scientists and engineers from industry, government and academia for topical symposia twice a year. All are welcome to participate in these meetings and APS members are invited to join the section, especially those in the greater Ohio region. Students and science teachers are particularly encouraged to attend and present contributed papers at these symposia, which are intended to be largely tutorial in nature. Howard Maxwell Award The Howard Maxwell Award for Distinguished Service to the Eastern Great Lakes Section of the American Physical Society is presented to those members of the Section who have rendered outstanding service to the Section.  It is named in honor of Howard Maxwell of Ohio Wesleyan University who rendered nearly two decades of such service.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.