NYSS Student Support

Overview

_Note: Applications must be received at least 11 days prior to the symposium, and should be e-mailed to the Grant Coordinator._

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 New York State Section of the American Physical Society (NYSS), established in 1938, brings together physicists from industry, government laboratories and academia for topical symposia twice a year. Students are welcome and encouraged to attend, for each symposium is intended to be tutorial in nature. Each symposium has a contributed poster session and awards are given for best students' posters. The Section supports outreach activities through grants awarded twice a year.

The NYSS makes awards to students to help defray travel and accommodation expenses and attendance at the symposium banquet. These awards are approximately $150 per student based on the discretion of the student support coordinator. Additional grants for coordinated transportation (e.g. van rental) to conferences will also be considered. Award will be mailed directly to the student(s) by the APS after verification of attendance

The symposia are appropriate for advanced undergraduates as well as graduate students. The NYSS representative will consider each application on its relative merits and will not have quotas with respect to the student's state of advancement.

All students are exempt from the registration fee.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Students in Physics Departments within the state of New York or its contiguous states and provinces are invited to apply for a grant to attend the next symposium.
* It is expected that each supported student will attend both Friday and Saturday sessions and the symposium banquet, which is usually Friday evening. All student banquet tickets are half price.
* Applications must be signed by the student and the Department Chair.
* One application can be made for several students, but the name and mailing address of each student must appear within it.