April Meeting Future Physicist Days

Sunday, February 14
Monday, February 15
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Planned Events

Special events for undergraduate Physicists will be held on the weekend of the 2010 April Meeting of the American Physical Society in Washington, DC.

Events will include:

• Undergraduate Research Presentations
  Sessions - oral and poster
• Careers for Physicists Lunch
  Sunday, February 14
  12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
• Physics Jeopardy®
  Sunday, February 14
• April Meeting Welcome Reception
  All undergraduates welcome!
  Sunday, February 14
  7:00 p.m.
• Plenary Speakers
  Cutting edge physics presentations for non-specialists

Travel Supplement Grants

Meeting registration is free for undergraduate members of the APS (including affiliate members with SPS membership).   A limited number of $200 travel supplements are available for students presenting at the 2010 APS April meeting in Washington, DC.

   Don't delay!  Travel supplements will be awarded in the order in which applications were received.

Travel Grant Application Steps

1. Prepare an abstract.
     
2. Submit your abstract online through the April Meeting Abstract Submission system by October 23, 2009.
    
3. In consultation with your research mentor, select the appropriate sorting category when submitting your abstract. Abstracts submitted under the Undergraduate Research sorting category ("N") will be placed in the undergraduate sessions with presentations on similar topics.
    
4. Email a copy of your abstract to Cathy Mader to apply for a Supplemental Travel Grant Award.
    
5. Complete the April Meeting Registration Form and submit it by fax (301) 209-0844 or Cathy Mader by December 11, 2009.

Application Related Links

  Abstract Submission Instructions
  April Sorting Categories
  Meeting Registration
  April Meeting Announcement
  Questions? Email Us

Resources for Undergraduates

Undergraduate Epitome
At American Physical Society meetings, the Epitome is a brief summary of what is happening at the meeting.

The April Meeting Undergraduate Epitome highlights sessions that are likely to be of interest to undergraduates who are not necessarily specialists in the field of the presenters. Peruse the 2010 Undergraduate Epitome before the meeting to see what sessions you might be interested in attending. You will also receive a printed Undergraduate Epitome in your registration packet when you arrive at the meeting.

Undergraduate Meeting Tips
Why should undergraduates attend meetings? What should they do once they are there?  What do they wear?  Undgraduate Meeting Tips answers most questions for first-time attendees.
  Undergraduate Meeting Tips