APS Minority Scholarships

Through the generosity of corporate and individual donors, the APS is able to offer the APS Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors (formerly known as the Corporate-Sponsored Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Students Who Major in Physics). This program, which began in 1980, has graduated students who have received their Ph.D.s in physics and are now working as physics faculty members in universities, as well as research scientists at corporations and national labs. Some past scholars have also become high school physics teachers.

Each year, the APS Committee on Minorities in Physics (COM) acts as the selection committee for this scholarship which attracts many excellent applicants. The award consists of $2000 per year for new corporate scholars, and $3000 per year for renewal students to be used for tuition, room & board, educational materials. In addition, each physics department that hosts one or more APS minority undergraduate scholars and assigns a mentor for their student/s will receive a $500 award for programs to encourage minority students.

The program is usually able to fund 20-25 new recipients each year.

Eligibility

Any African-American, Hispanic American, or Native American U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is majoring or planning to major in physics, and who is a high school senior, college freshman, or sophomore is eligible to apply for the scholarship

How to Apply

The current scholarship deadline has passed. Applications for the next scholarship competition will be available on November 1. You may download the necessary materials here after that date or contact the scholarship administrator for materials and questions.

Or you can write to:

APS Minority Scholarship
American Physical Society
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
301-209-3232
Deadline: First Friday in February.

**The APS makes student applicants' contact information available to directors of summer research programs, graduate admissions chairs and corporate recruiters who request the information.

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