Honors

Strand 1 - Conference Support for the Physics Education Community

Award Information:

This strand supports the proposer’s commitment to a conference to share physics education research findings with the physics community (e.g., travel, registration costs, workshop costs, poster printing, etc.). All conferences will be considered; however, the APS Global Physics Summit will be prioritized. Conference support grants are capped at $1,000 for domestic travel and $1,500 for international travel. Preference may be given to GPER members with limited conference resources (e.g., students without grant funding, faculty at two-year colleges, minority-serving institutions, or adjunct faculty). Please keep responses concise (1–3 sentences where possible).

Total funding available: $3,500

Typical award amount: $1,000 for domestic travel, $1,500 for international travel

Application:

  1. Are you a GPER Member? Required.
  2. Have you received GPER Mini-Grant travel support in the last three years?
  3. For students and postdocs, please provide your advisor’s name and affiliation.
    1. Advisor’s Name:
    2. Affiliation:
  4. Include information about any past professional presentations and the type of presentation (e.g., presentations of your research versus other kinds of presentations, such as career panels, general talks not about your research, etc.).
  5. Confirm upcoming conference attendance (e.g., accepted presentations for conferences that you have funds to travel to).
  6. If presenting a talk or poster, provide the title, authors, abstract, the conference/meeting for the presentation, and whether the presentation is invited or contributed.
  7. If the funds will be used to share findings in other ways, such as facilitating a workshop, explain this.
  8. Describe why your presentation/workshop is relevant and beneficial to the physics education research community.
  9. State as specifically as possible how this funding will directly benefit you, including a description of your current career stage and how it is relevant to your long-term career goals.
  10. Describe the nature of your financial need, including any other opportunities that are available to you. Please also explain the level of research support in your department/institution and any other relevant information about available resources. For U.S. institutions, state the Carnegie Classification of your institution, if possible.

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