Apply to the SPS 2022 Summer Internship!

Apply your physics skills to science policy, outreach, education, and research! Applications for the SPS Summer Internship Program are now open! Students are placed at organizations, such as AIP, AAPT, APS, NASA, NIST, Capitol Hill and more. If you're interested in past intern experiences, check out their blogs and final presentations .

Join SPS and previous SPS Interns for a Q&A session on Wednesday, November 10 and/or Wednesday, December 1 at 2 PM EST .  Discuss any questions you may have, hear about intern experiences, application tips and more! Sign up here to have a Zoom link sent to you

Fall Awards Due November 15

Make sure to submit your applications and recommendation requests before midnight on November 15, 2021, to be considered for the SPS Fall Awards!

Future Faces of Physics Award

• Outreach award to chapters to promote the recruitment and retention of people from historically underrepresented groups in physics and astronomy
• $500 maximum, awarded to several chapters annually

Marsh W. White Award

• Outreach award to chapters for programs with grades K-12 and the general public
• $500 maximum, awarded to several chapters annually

Sigma Pi Sigma Chapter Project Award

• Engagement award to Sigma Pi Sigma chapters for funding events that aim to include alumni, help with chapter inductions, or expand the recognition within the campus and surrounding community
• $500 maximum, awarded to several chapters annually

SPS Chapter Research Award

• Research award to chapters for imaginative physics and astronomy projects
• $2,000 maximum, awarded to several chapters annually

Sigma Pi Sigma Centennial Event

Join SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma on December 11, 2021, to celebrate our 100th birthday! Sign up to receive a link for the for a special celebration video, including plenary talks by honored guests former SPS Director and President Toni Sauncy and former Sigma Pi Sigma President Willie Rockward.

Parties will take place anytime between November 1 to December 11. We encourage chapters to post pictures of the centennial parties on social media and #SPSNational!

Upcoming Zone Meetings

Zone meetings bring together students from SPS chapters within geographical zones. They are a fun and effective way for undergraduates to meet other students, present their research, and interact with practicing scientists. See below for the upcoming zone meetings.

Fall 2021: 

• Zone 7: November 12-13
• Zone 5: November 13
• Zone 9: November 13

Spring 2022:

• Zone 2: April 9
• Zone 6: March 18-20
• Zone 13: March 10-12

As more zone meetings are scheduled, they will be posted  on the online calendar.  Please  contact your ZC and AZC  for more information.

Attend the Trimble Lecture

The Center for History of Physics will be hosting the Lyne Starling Trimble Public Lecture, "The Rochester-Chandigarh Cyclotron," presented by Jahnavi Phalkey, Fouding Director of Science Gallery Bengaluru, tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3, at 11:00 AM Eastern . Register to attend here !

TEAM-UP Webinar - Physics Identity: Empowering African American Undergraduates in Building their Physics Identity

Interested in learning more about Physics Identity and effective ways to help African American students build their physics identity? In the upcoming TEAM-UP webinar, Empowering African American Undergraduates in Building their Physics Identities (November 17, 2021 from 3-5pm ET) we will more deeply explore concepts and bring them to life with personal experiences shared by the speakers. Register here to attend!

SPS Featured Jobs & Internships

University of Maryland College Park IREAP

Summer 2022 undergrad research at UMD College Park (nonlinear dynamics)

U.S. Department of Energy

Summer 2022 Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) Program