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AAPT Annual Fund
| Gifts to the AAPT Annual Fund support the everyday operations of AAPT, from inspiring excellence through educational programming to recognizing award winning physics professionals, all critical pieces in supporting the advancement of physics education. |
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John David Jackson Award
| The John David Jackson Award for Excellence in Graduate Physics Education Award recognizes outstanding achievements by a physics educator who has had serious impact on the field of graduate education, in terms of curricular development and/or classroom te |
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Physics Olympiad Fund
| Your donation will promote academic excellence through preparation for and participation in the International Physics Olympiad by helping U.S. Students. Read more about the team |
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Student Fund
| Each year AAPT invests in the future of physics education by providing travel scholarships, honoring outstanding Teaching Assistants and funding memberships for gifted high school students. |
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New Teacher Fund
| AAPT recognizes the challenges new pre-college physics teachers encounter. This fund provides ementoring services, reduced membership rates for teachers in their first three years of teaching, and workshops for new teachers at our national and section mee |
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Betty Preece SEES Memorial Fund
| The SEES program, ardently promoted by emeritus AAPT member, Betty P. Preece, provides 100 minority, low-socioeconomic students with the opportunity to engage in three hours of hands-on science activities. AAPT provides lunch, career and science materials |
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Klopsteg Award Endowment
| Restricted fund to endow the Klopsteg Award. The Klopsteg Memorial Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the communication of the excitement of contemporary physics to the general public. |
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Oersted Award Endowment
| Restricted fund to endow the Oersted Award. The Oersted Medal recognizes those who have had an outstanding, widespread, and lasting impact on the teaching of physics. |
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Millikan Award Endowment
| Restricted fund to endow the Millikan Award. The Robert A Millikan Medal recognizes those who have made outstanding scholarly contributions to physics education. |
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Richtmyer Memorial Award Endowment
| The Richtmyer Memorial Award recognizes outstanding contributions to physics and effectively communicating those contributions to physics educators. |
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Paul W. Zitzewitz Award for Excellence in Pre-College
| Endowed by a generous gift to AAPT from Paul W. and Barbara S. Zitzewitz, The Paul W. Zitzewitz Award for Excellence in Pre-College Physics Teaching recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching pre-college physics. |
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David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award
| Named for David Halliday and Robert Resnick, authors of a very successful college-level textbook in introductory physics, the David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching recognizes outstanding achievem |
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Memorial Fund
| Discretionary fund resulting from donations given in memory of members who are deceased. Funds are used to honor deceased members and perpetuate their interest in physics education. |
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Melba Newell Phillips Award Endowment
| Restricted fund to endow the Melba Newell Phillips Award. The Melba Newell Phillips Medal is presented to an AAPT leader whose creative leadership and dedicated service have resulted in exceptional contributions within AAPT. |
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Member Sponsorship
| Discretionary fund that can be used to sponsor a speaker or event at national or section meetings, support participation in professional development workshops. provide travel support for attendance of international visitors at national AAPT meetings, et |
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E. Leonard Jossem International Education Fund
| Provides grants to individuals in support of international programs dealing with teaching and learning of physics. |
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High School Physics Photo Contest Fund
| Provides support for the operation of the High School Physics Photo Contest |
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Hashim A. Yamani Fund
| Supports the annual award of several two-year Hashim A. Yamani AAPT Memberships to either an undergraduate senior or graduate student planning a career teaching physics. |
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The Harold Q and Charlotte Mae Fuller Fund
| This endowment fund was created to enhance the internationalization of AAPT membership and is intended to be beneficial to physics teachers in developing countries with nonconvertible currencies. |
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