SPS members and advisors:
Here's the First Call for Research and Outreach proposals from SPS chapters...and a stack of other things that might interest you---from AAPT scholarships to "2005: The World Year of Physics" to the Physics Top Ten List. Details are appended at bottom. Gary
1) SPS Research grants up to $2000; Nov. 15 deadline
http://www.spsnational.org/programs/spsawards.htm2) SPS Outreach grants up to $300; Nov. 15 deadline
http://www.spsnational.org/programs/spsawards.htm3) $2000 Scholarship for future high-school teachers from AAPT
http://www.aapt.org/Grants/lotze.cfm4) FREE to SPS Members, APPT'S Job Fair, Jan. 26-27, Miami Beach
http://www.aapt.org/jobfair5) SPS Council, others, proclaim 2005 the World Year of Physics
http://www.spsnational.org/societynews/societynews.htm6) Physics Top Ten List, Motorcycle Physics and Hidden Physicists
http://www.spsobserver.org/1) Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society, supports awards to Society of Physics Students chapters for physics research projects. $2,000 maximum, awarded to several chapters annually.
http://www.spsnational.org/programs/spsawards.htm2) Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society, supports awards to Society of Physics Students chapters for physics outreach to grades K-12 and the general public. $300 maximum, awarded to several chapters annually.
http://www.spsnational.org/programs/spsawards.htm3) AAPT Offers the Barbara Lotze Scholarship
The Association of American Physics Teachers (AAPT) Executive Board offers a scholarship for future high-school physics teachers. This scholarship, supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze, is available only to US citizens attending a US school.
Undergraduate students in, or planning to enter physics teacher preparation curricula, and high-school seniors planning to enter such curricula are eligible. The successful applicant, normally one per year, will receive a stipend of up to $2,000 and a one-year free AAPT membership. In addition, there will be several Honorable Mentions Awards given. These awardees will receive a one-year free AAPT membership.
Applications will be accepted at any time and will be considered for recommendation to the Executive Board at each AAPT Winter Meeting. Applications for which all materials, including letters of recommendation, are received by December 1 will be considered for recommendation at the following January meeting of the AAPT Executive Board.
The application can be found online at:
http://www.aapt.org/Grants/lotze.cfm4) FREE to SPS Members, APPT'S Job Fair
We'll help you land your first job!
The American Association of Physics Teachers will host a Job Fair for Students/Grads, Physics Educators, Astronomers, and Physics Professionals at its upcoming 128th National Meeting in Miami Jan. 26-27, 2004. A wide variety of Physical Science employers will be represented offering a wide selection of employment opportunities. Participate in the onsite interviews, make your resume available to recruiters, and enjoy career seminars. You can submit your resume to be posted without attending, or come to the meeting and interview on the spot. As a benefit to you, SPS Members can submit their resume for FREE. Find more info and the resume cover sheet at
http://www.aapt.org/jobfair ..5) SPS Joins International Community Declaring 2005 the 'World Year of Physics'
The SPS National Council held it's annual meeting in Washington, DC September 25-28, 2003. Among the meeting highlights are the following:
* SPS Council declares 2005 the 'World Year of Physics',
http://www.spsnational.org/societynews/societynews.htm* Statement drafted on creationism, science in public schools
* Development of Student Section of physics digital library (ComPADRE,
www.compadre.org) continues* Annual SPS scholarship for future teachers and two-year college students formalized and planning for 2004 Sigma Pi Sigma Congress continues; see details below
2004 Quadrennial Congress of Sigma Pi Sigma
"Heritage & Promise"
October 15-16, 2004
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Sigma Pi Sigma kicks off the 2005 World Year of Physics, "Einstein in the 21st Century" Held in conjunction with the APS 4-Corners Section Meeting, and with regional groups of both the Society of Physics Students, and the AAPT.
Whether inducted 60 years ago or last month, all members of Sigma Pi Sigma (the national physics honor society) are invited to attend and participate. Sessions explore how Einstein's 1905 contributions are still impacting physics today, and discuss honor and ethics in science.
Distinguished speakers include:
-Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Discoverer of Pulsars
-Carl Wieman, Nobel Laureate, Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms -John Marburger, Science Advisor to the President of the United States *Other notable individuals have been invited. Check the Congress Website for developments.*
Visit the Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. Trinity is normally open to the public only two days a year. Through a special agreement, White Sands Missile Range is opening the site, just for Congress participants who arrive a day early to tour (Thursday, October 14, 2004).
Each Chapter Send "ONE & ONE" —-Calling all chapters of Sigma Pi Sigma! Perpetuate the Heritage & Promise by sending ONE Sigma Pi Sigma alumnus (through personal invitation) and ONE current undergraduate member (through fund-raisers) to be voting delegates to the Congress and to make connections with influential physicists from around the world.
Gary White
Director, Sigma Pi Sigma and Society of Physics Students Assistant Director of Education American Institute of Physics One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 301-209-3007
FAX: 301-209-0839