Steven Weinberg Research Award Grant

Steven Weinberg Research Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Physical Society (APS)
Amount: US $1,000
Last Updated: August 14, 2025

Summary

The Steven Weinberg Research Award, presented by the Texas Section of the American Physical Society, recognizes outstanding research in physics by graduate students. Nominees must have presented their research at a Texas APS meeting within the last two years. The award includes a plaque and $1000, emphasizing excellence and potential impact in the scientific community. Nominations can be made by advisors or qualified nominators, and the recipient is typically required to attend the award presentation at the Fall meeting.

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 Steven Weinberg Research Award, of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society (TSAPS), will be presented each year to a recipient who must have been a graduate student when the research was performed. The only criterion is excellence, including potential impact in the relevant scientific community. The recipient will receive a plaque and $1000. The award will be presented at the Fall meeting.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The research must be in physics or a physics-related subjectThe research must have been presented at a Texas APS meeting within the past two years by the student, who must have been a TSAPS member at the time.The requirement that the research “must have been presented at a Texas APS meeting” is satisfied if the work is presented at the SAME Texas APS meeting where the Weinberg Award is conferred. I.e., research presented at earlier meetings and research presented at the current meeting are equally eligible for a Weinberg Award at the current meeting. The new talks (and poster presentations) on Weinberg-nominated work will be given Friday, before the award presentation.Nominations for the award can be made by the student’s advisor or other qualified nominators who are familiar with the work.In addition to the nomination letter, a maximum of three letters of support can be submitted either before or after presentation of the research at a Fall or Spring TSAPS meeting. Normally the recipient must be in attendance when the award is presented.Nominations will remain active for two years, or until no longer eligible. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.

Ineligibility

The award will normally not be given in two consecutive years to recipients at the same institution.