Rules & Eligibility
The applicant must be an APS-DBIO member at the time of application, without restrictions on their nationality or the geographic site at which the work was done.
Biological physics researchers with at most 7 years of full time activity since starting their first independent position as of the initial nomination deadline (June 3, 2024), allowing for career breaks (e.g., due to child or dependent care, illness, military service, etc.), are eligible. The application package must explicitly state the date that the applicant started their first independent position, and any career breaks.
The award is open to researchers from all disciplines that contribute to the advancement of biological physics, broadly construed, including experimental, computational, engineering, or theoretical approaches. The prize recognizes the fundamentally interdisciplinary nature of biological physics. The postgraduate degree and/or current affiliation of the applicant could be physics or many related fields.
The applicant cannot be a previous recipient of the award.
The applicant cannot be a member of the award selection committee.
No current member of the DBIO Executive Committee may apply for this award. If an Early Career member’s term ends on their final year of eligibility, they will be allowed to submit an application at most 1 year past their final eligibility date (no more than 8 years of full time activity).
Application & Selection Process
Deadline: Monday, June 3, 2024
Any eligible applicant may submit one application each year. The application should include:
- A personal statement (of no more than three pages) from the applicant summarizing their scientific achievements and broader impacts of their work to the field of biological physics.
- A two-page biographical sketch.
- A list of (up to 10 of) the most important publications.
- Names of least two, but not more than four, individuals to be contacted for recommendation letters.
No time limits are set on when the work was done, but emphasis should generally be on recent work performed during their independent position(s).The research recognized could either be a single piece of work, or the sum of contributions.
Ordinarily, the prize will be awarded to a single individual.
For any questions, please contact Greg Stephens, g.j.stephens@vu.nl.
Grants of up to $1000 are available to assist DLS members who are participating (in-person or virtually) in CLEO who incur extra caregiver expenses to be able to participate in these conferences (e.g., extra child or adult daycare or babysitting services). Funds will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. In the event that the number of requests for grants exceeds the funding available, preference will be given to applicants in the early stages of their careers and to first-time applicants.
Eligible Costs
Eligible costs include babysitters/caregivers (onsite at the conference location or at home) and airfare/hotel for an accompanying caregiver to travel to the conference location. Meals, toys, and tickets or travel to museums or other attractions are not eligible for reimbursement. Grant recipients are solely responsible for their choice of caregiving provider; APS-DLS does not endorse any caregiver providers.
For any further questions, please contact Juliet Gopinath at juliet.gopinath@colorado.edu
Small grants of up to $1000 are available for DAMOP meeting attendees who incur extra expenses for child or elder care during the meeting. The link below will lead you to an application form. Expenses must be documented by receipts. If the number of grants exceeds the funding available preference will be given to applicants in the early stages of their careers.
Deadline: 4/28/2024
To complete the application you will need to create/sign into an account with https://aps.submittable.com/.
DAMOP provides a limited number of awards up to $600 to support participation in the annual meeting. The number of awards is determined by available funds.
Priority is given to students who have submitted abstracts to the DAMOP 2024 meeting and who have not received support for previous DAMOP meetings. DAMOP practice is to try to support at least one eligible student per faculty advisor. If several students with the same advisor apply, the relative priority of each student must be indicated in this form. Support is contingent on available funds. Awards will be given out to in-person attendees only.
Ambiguity or errors cause delays; please fill out this form carefully and completely.
Deadline: 4/28/2024
To complete the application you will need to create/sign into an account with https://aps.submittable.com/.
Please use this form to submit satellite events for any 2024 APS Meeting. Completion of this form before the specified deadline is REQUIRED for your event to be included on the Meeting website and in its marketing.
Please provide one entry for EACH event, and be as detailed as possible as you complete the form.
Please see the following deadline dates below for each APS Meeting:
Deadline to submit for March Meeting: January 26, 2024
Deadline to submit for April Meeting: February 26, 2024
Deadline to submit for DAMOP Meeting: May 3, 2024
Deadline to submit for DPP Meeting: August 30, 2024
Deadline to submit for DFD Meeting: TBD
Deadline to submit for SCCM 2025 Meeting: January 17, 2025
Deadline to submit for GEC Meeting: May 3, 2024
An APS Meetings staff member will contact you within 48 hours of receiving your request to schedule a consultation.
Please fill out this form to let us know which APS programs you might be interested in. We will follow up with information based on your indicated interests.
As the APS Career Mentoring (CM) Fellows program continues to grow, we'd like to get some updated information from all past Fellows. Please use this form to:
- Provide your email, geographic location, job title/employer
- Give a list of your past volunteer activities as a CM Fellow
- Let us know how you would like to stay involved (if at all)
We will then follow up with you with relevant volunteer or social activities so that you can be as involved as you wish.
We are need of session chairs for the in-person and virtual components of the DAMOP Meeting 2024. This would be a great opportunity for you to serve your fellow physicists and the broader physics community.
If you are needed to chair a session, we will contact you via email with the date and time of your assigned session.
Deadline to sign up is: Friday, April 19 at 5:00pm EDT.
Thank you very much for volunteering your time to chair a session at the March Meeting 2024! We are always looking to improve the session chairing process, so please take the time to fill out the survey below. Your responses and feedback are greatly appreciated, and we look forward to seeing you at next year's meeting!
Deadline to submit: Friday, May 3 at 5:00pm EDT.
We hope you enjoyed the 2024 APS April Meeting. Please fill out this form to tell us about your experiences at the conference. The form must be filled out in order to receive Future of Physics Days travel award funds.
To complete the application you will need to create/sign into an account with my.aps.org. To Create/Sign into APS please click on the "Have An Account? Sign In" blue button on the right. Then click on "Use Single Sign On" and create your account/sign in.
If you have issues signing in please contact APS at apsunits@aps.org.
- Small grants of up to $500 are available for DAMOP meeting attendees who incur extra expenses for child or elder care during the meeting. The link below will lead you to an application form.
Expenses must be documented by receipts. In the event that the number of grants exceeds the funding available preference will be given to applicants in the early stages of their careers.
To complete the application you will need to create/sign into an account with my.aps.org. To Create/Sign into APS please click on the "Have An Account? Sign In" blue button on the right. Then click on "Use Single Sign On" and create your account/sign in.