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The Society of Physics Students sponsors scholarships, internships, fellowships, grants, and other awards for individuals and chapters.

Program Highlights | Calendar |
• 2008 Fellowship in Physics & Society
• SPS Interns Deliver Final Presentations
• 2008 Blake Lilly Prize Recipients
• Twenty-six SPS Scholarships awarded
• 2008 Outstanding Student Awards announced
• 2008 Sigma Pi Sigma Undergraduate Research Award recipients
• 2008 Marsh White Outreach Award recipients
• Dr. Toni Sauncy named 2007 Outstanding Chapter Advisor
SPS Scholarships Applications Due February 15th

SPS Scholarships encourage the study of physics and the pursuit of high scholarship. They consist of a top award of $5,000, and a number of $2,000 awards, which are intended for physics majors in the latter stages of their undergraduate careers.

2008 Recipients | Scholarship Details | Application Form | Promotional Flyer

Note: Search for physics and astronomy scholarships provided by additional organizations on The Nucleus Scholarship Clearinghouse, an SPS-supported digital resource collection.


SPS Internships Applications Due February 1st

SPS Internships are nine-week, broad-based learning opportunities for undergraduate physics majors in the areas of scientific research and outreach/policy. Students are placed in organizations in the Washington, DC area such as NIST, NASA, AIP, AAS, AAPT and APS.

Meet the 2008 Interns | Program Details | Application Form | Promotional Flyer

SPS Awards

SPS sponsors a variety of research, outreach, and travel awards, along with a Physics & Society Fellowship. There are also awards recognizing outstanding students, SPS chapters and SPS advisors.

SPS Awards | Physics & Society Fellowship

SOCKs (Science Outreach Catalyst Kits)

The annual Science Outreach Catalyst Kits, or SOCKs, contain exploratory physics and science activities specifically designed for SPS Chapters and collegiate physics departments to use in outreach presentations to local elementary, middle and high school students. The kits are created and assembled annually by the SPS national interns and national office staff.

SOCKs Home | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007


Research Opportunities

The SPS derives most of its support from the American Institute of Physics (AIP). SPS dues are also an important contributor. These regular, budgeted sources of revenue make possible the SPS publications and programs that are available to SPS members.

The Awards and Scholarship Programs of SPS are made possible, in part, through the generous contributions os Sigma Pi Sigma members and friends. Scholarships and Awards are supported by income derived from designated funds that have been provided as gifts. In this way, the physics alumni, and especially Sigma Pi Sigma members, contribute to the generations of students who follow them.

Program Dates & Deadlines:

December 15, 2008
Student Fellowships in Physics and Society applications due

December 15, 2008
Sigma Pi Sigma Chapter Project Award proposals due

December 31, 2008
Final reports due for Sigma Pi Sigma Undergraduate Research Awards

January 4, 2009
AAS (American Astronomical Society) 213th Meeting, Long Beach, CA, Jan. 4-8, 2009

January 7, 2009
Travel Award & Abstract Deadline for APS (American Physical Society) April Meeting, May 2-5, 2009

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