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LeRoy Apker Undergraduate Physics Achievement Award

American Physical Society (APS)

This award was started in memory of LeRoy Apker through an endowment donated from Jean Dickey Apker. The award is through a nomination from anyone except members of the committee making the selection. Nominees must be undergraduate students at colleges and universities in the United States who are enrolled during at least part of the 12-month period preceding the submission deadline.

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Eligibility Requirements

  • Age/Grade Level:
    Nominations are open to students at colleges and universities in the United States who were enrolled as undergraduates during at least part of the 12-month period preceding the submission deadline.
  • Financial Need:
    Not Mentioned
  • College:
    Nominations are open to students at colleges and universities in the United States
  • Other Benefits:
    5000 for recipient's undergraduate institution's physics department to support undergraduate research, a certificate, and reimbursement for travel to an APS meeting to give an invited talk.

Application Details

  • Transcript:
    Required
  • Resume/Activity List:
    Not required
  • Recommendation Letters:
    Two letters of recommendation from physicists who know the candidate's individual contribution to the work submitted
  • Other Materials:
    - A letter of nomination from the head of the physics department- The student's original contribution, such as a manuscript or reprint of a research publication or senior thesis, and a 1,000-word summary thereof, written by the student- The nominee's address and telephone number during the summer.

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