Nominate Students and Faculty for an SPS or Sigma Pi Sigma Service Award!

SPS awards faculty and students who exemplify an attitude of service to the discipline of physics and astronomy through actions at the local, national, or international level. Do you know an SPS or Sigma Pi Sigma member that has had a positive impact on an SPS chapter, a department, or the broader community? Nominate a member today! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Start Planning Your Summer - Physics & Astronomy REUs

Be sure to keep an eye on summer opportunities, especially Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), as applications become available! The National Science Foundation (NSF) keeps an updated list of NSF REU sites for physics here. Be sure to plan ahead to gather your letters of recommendation and other application materials in time!

Be sure to keep an eye on SPS Jobs for postings on physics and astronomy REUs, internships, and more!

Internship Applications Due January 15

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 tomorrow, 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.

We Hope to See you at #PhysCon2022!

Get excited! The 2022 Physics Congress, celebrating 100 Years of Momentum, is less than a year away! Be sure to start fundraising, applying to chapter travel awards , and working on your research posters and art pieces. Be sure to follow us on social media, @SPSNational, to stay up to date on all things Physic Congress!

Registration for the 2022 Physics Congress is NOW OPEN!

Visit GradSchoolShopper.com!

GradSchoolShopper (GSS) is here to help you in your graduate school search! GSS has information on several hundred graduate programs in the physical sciences and engineering. Be sure to utilize this FREE service to help compare different graduate programs, find advice on applying to graduate school, and more! Begin your search here.

SPS Featured Jobs & Internships

Center for Emergent Materials at The Ohio State University

Paid Summer REU: Center for Emergent Materials at the Ohio State University

Wake Forest School of Medicine - Biomedical Engineering Department

Annual REU Biomedical Engineering and Informatics Summer Research Internship Program - 2022

Penn State University

Penn State REU in Nanoscale Physics and Materials