Honors

GPAP Student Travel Grant

The Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics (GPAP) plans to offer several travel grants to enable GPAP student participation at the annual APS Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) meeting, and the APS Global Physics Summit where the Division of Astrophysics meets annually. 

Application and Eligibility

To be considered eligible, applicants must:

  • be an undergraduate or graduate student

  • attend the meeting in-person and present their research at the relevant meeting

  • be members of GPAP

The required statement of need should detail:

  • a brief description of the student’s research 

  • how participation at the meetings would benefit the student at this stage in their academic career

  • the student’s qualifications for a grant

Priority will be given to to:

  • students unable to attend, or who would have difficulty attending, without a student travel grant. 

  • first-authors over student coauthors. 

GPAP is also open to requests of conference attendance support for conferences outside of the DPP Fall Meeting and APS Global Physics Summit. These requests should be sent directly to the GPAP chair via email and will be reviewed on an individual basis. 

Deadlines for the 2026-2027 cycle

DPP Fall Meeting (November 2-6, 2026)

Application opens: August 10, 2026

Application closes: September 1, 2026

Decisions rendered: September 22, 2026


APS Global Physics Summit (April 11-16, 2027)

Application opens: October 5, 2026

Application closes: November 15, 2026

Decisions rendered: January 15, 2027

Notification and Payment Processing

The selected student recipients will be informed as early as possible before the meeting. 

To receive the travel grant, the recipient will have to provide:

  • Travel Expense Reimbursement Request Form with all supporting receipts; 

  • Bank information - Direct Deposit (US bank account) Wire Transfer (non-US Bank account); 

  • Tax Form - W-9 US Citizen/Resident - W-8 non-US persons. 

The travel grant will not be paid, should any of these documents not be provided by the selected student recipient. Additionally, no payment will be rendered prior to the meeting, as attendance is required to claim the award.

Recipients will receive all relevant forms and instructions from the Honors Program Coordinator once they are notified of their selection status.

Nominees for and holders of APS Honors (prizes, awards, and fellowship) and official leadership positions are expected to meet standards of professional conduct and integrity as described in the APS Ethics Guidelines. Violations of these standards may disqualify people from consideration or lead to revocation of honors or removal from office.