Awards/Fellowships/Honors Committee
The Chair of this committee is the Past Chair and there are 5 additional members appointed by the Chair.
Committee Work:
The committee is in charge of three things: nominations to APS Fellow, selecting the Excellence in Physics Education Award, and selecting the Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction.
Important Dates:
April 15 -- Secretary/Treasurer emails each committee with the following information:
Committee members
Committee charge
Important dates
April 15 – Award/Fellowships Committee should start soliciting for nominations for awards
May 1 – Secretary/Treasurer needs to send names to the Honors Nominations Coordinator (Delia Cruz Nochebuena in 2023) of the names, emails, and positions of the members by May 1
June 1 – Awards/Fellowships Committee needs to submit nominations of APS Fellows
June 1 – Awards/Fellowships Committee have Reichert award and Excellence in Physics Education award close June 1
Members:
FEd Exec Committee decided on 2024/02/21 that committee would in practice be the following people:
Committee Chair - Past Chair FEd
Committee Vice Chair - Chair FEd
General and APS/AAPT member at large in 3rd year
Info from Bylaws:
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Fellowship Committee: The Fellowship Committee shall consist of the Past Chair and up to five members appointed by the Chair, in consultation with the Past Chair, no later than May 1 of each year. All appointed members must be members of the Forum. The Past Chair shall serve as Chair of the Fellowship Committee. This Fellowship Committee shall solicit the nomination of candidates for Fellowship, review the qualification of such candidates, and report its recommendation to the Executive Committee for approval before the submission is made to the Head of the Honors program of the Society. The term of office for members of the Fellowship Committee shall be one year.
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