91ߣɫ

Special Project and Philanthropy Awards

Background

On recommendation from the Task Force on 91ߣɫ Philanthropy, in 2009 the Executive Board directed that the Executive Officer add a line item to the 91ߣɫ annual budget to support the requests for workshops/conferences and travel to international meetings.ÌýThe Board adopted the Task Force's recommended criteria and application forms for the fund and established a Philanthropy Committee to oversee the use of this fund.ÌýÌýIn October 2012, the Philanthropy Committee was dismissed until 2015 at which time 91ߣɫ had sufficient finances to reestablish the fund.

Membership of the Committee

Membership includes one member from each from the following Area Committees:

Committee on Physics in High Schools Ìý

Committee on Physics in Two-Year Colleges

Committee on Physics in Undergraduate Education

Committee on Graduate Education in PhysicsÌý

Committee on International Physics EducationÌý

Committee on Diversity in Physics

Committee members serve two-year terms.ÌýAppointed by the 91ߣɫ President, the Chair will serve a one-year term and will be rotated among the representative Area Committees.

Description of Awards

″Grant awards are for one year only, although new requests for additional funds in future years may be submitted. The Philanthropy Grants cannot be used for salaries but are to be used for conference fees, travel (including room and board), and registration.″ÌýÌýÌýWhere practical, the Special Projects monies should be divided evenly among groups (high school, two year college, four year college/university, and research institutions) applying for funds in both planning and attendance.″ÌýÌýÌýA maximum in each year for awards should be based on the budget for that year.ÌýThat is, in any one year at least two awards should be able to be made in each category (conferences and travel).″ÌýÌýÌýInternational travel should include international members (members outside North America) wishing to attend the 91ߣɫ Summer or Winter Meetings. This might need to be limited to ensure travel by members to other areas can also be funded.″ÌýÌýÌýAll awardees are expected to make presentations at national/section meetings of 91ߣɫ on outcomes of their award and make a final report to the 91ߣɫ grant committee within one year from the funded event.

The criteria for funding

• The person requesting must be a member of 91ߣɫ (at least one if part of group for meeting). Additionally, NSBP and NSHP members are eligible for SP&P diversity travel grants with consideration given to 91ߣɫ members.
• The request gives quality exposure to 91ߣɫ through ability to provide service to members, recruit new members, and/or strengthen 91ߣɫ's goal of enhancing physics education.
• All academic levels appropriate to the conference will be involved in both planning and attendance at the event. For example, if a conference concerns college physics, two-year colleges and four-year institutions as well as research institutions should all be involved in planning and attendance.

Please note that applicants are eligible to apply for this grant even if they have previously received one of the grants. The grant application forms contain additional criteria for these awards.

Awards

The Special Projects and Philanthropy Committee has limited fundsÌý to help 91ߣɫ members attend 91ߣɫ Meetings to make a presentation.ÌýThe 91ߣɫ Board of Directors approved additional funding for grants to support travel for high school and two year college faculty who are from underrepresented groups and/or from institutions whose students are predominantly underrepresented. Individuals who qualify should note this on the application form.ÌýNSBP and NSHP members are eligible for SP&P diversity travel grants with consideration given to 91ߣɫ members. ÌýThe application and deadline for the upcoming national meeting are available on the meeting webpage.

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91ߣɫ thinks broadly about underrepresented communities in Physics and considers the following racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in our discipline. The list is non exhaustive and 91ߣɫ will consider any populations underrepresented in our discipline. If you have questions please email eo@aapt.org.

• African American / Black
• Asian (Southeast Asian) Descent (Filipinx, Hmong, Vietnamese, Cambodian)
• Hispanic / Latinx
• Native American / Alaskan Native
• Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
• Two or more races, when one or more are from the preceding racial and ethnic categories in this list

91ߣɫ values differences in the diversity of experiences and perspectives which arise from differences in race, culture, religion, mental or physical attributes, heritage, age, gender, sexual orientation, and other characteristics.