LeRoy Apker Award
Nomination required
$5,000
2 winners
Eligibility
Location
United States
Major
Physical Sciences
Education level
Undergraduate
About this scholarship
Undergraduate physics students at U.S. colleges and universities may be nominated by their department for the American Physical Society LeRoy Apker Award recognizing outstanding research achievement.
Two awards of $5,000 are presented annually, one from a Ph.D.-granting institution and one from a non-Ph.D.-granting institution. Each recipient's physics department also receives $5,000 for undergraduate research support, plus a certificate and travel reimbursement to present at an APS meeting.
Only one nominee per department. Nominations require a department head letter, research manuscript or thesis, student-written summary, and two recommendation letters by June 2.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Department head nomination letter
- Research manuscript or thesis
- Student-written summary
- Two recommendation letters
- Essay describing the student's original contribution to physics and potential for future scientific accomplishment
- Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate physics research achievement.
- One recipient is selected from a Ph.D.-granting institution and one from a non-Ph.D.-granting institution.