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91ߣɫ Travel Grants

Applicant Information: The Special Projects and Philanthropy Committee has limited funds to help 91ߣɫ/NSBP/NSHP members attend the 2025 Summer Meeting. Applications must be received by Monday, May 12, 2025 at 11:59pm Eastern Time, to be considered by the Special Projects/Philanthropy Committee for a grant associated with the 2025 Summer Meeting.

Applicants must be registered for SM25 and provide proof of staying at the conference hotel (please provide your reservation confirmation number): Grand Hyatt Washington. Checks will be mailed within 6 to 8 weeks after 91ߣɫ has received the recipient contact information including a current W-9 form, which must be faxed or mailed. Checks will be mailed to the address applicant provides on the W-9 form.

Travel Grant Eligibility

1. 91ߣɫ professional and student members who are registered for the summer are eligible for travel grants.
2. The National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) and National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP) members are eligible for registration grants with consideration given to 91ߣɫ members.Ìý
3. Post-secondary, K-12 educators, and students who have secured other support to fully fund the expenses for attending the meeting are not eligible for travel grants. Ìý
4. Section Representatives, Area Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs, and other committee chairs and members are not eligible for a travel grant if they are receiving funding from 91ߣɫ to attend the meeting.
5. Previous travel grant recipients are eligible to apply.

The Deadline to submit an application is May 12, 2025.Ìý

Application

What do you get from these grants?ÌýÌý

If selected, awardees may receive a grant of up to $500 to support travel to the 2025 91ߣɫ SummerÌýMeeting.

Who should apply?Ìý

The priorities for funding include specific individuals who contribute to the goals of 91ߣɫ’s Strategic Plan and are:

1. K-12 teachers, especially those who teach in rural schools or schools with >50% of the students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
2. Early career faculty and teachers (early career is defined as someone who is actively employed as a post-secondary or K-12 educator and has at least three years but no more than six years of active experience in teaching, educational support, educational research, or outreach position).
3. Faculty from Two-Year Colleges.
4. Undergraduate or graduate students who will not be reimbursed for their expenses to participate from their institutions.
5. Individuals from higher education institutions that are: Minority-Serving, Predominantly Black, Hispanic-Serving, Tribal College or University, Asian American and Native Pacific Islander-Serving, Native American-Serving Nontribal, Alaskan Native-Serving, or Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions.
6. Individuals who contribute to Strategic Plan Goal 5.

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Please note that applicants are eligible to apply for this grant even if they have previously received one of these grants. will review the applications.

Application

Deadline: May 12, 2025
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