Meggers Project Award

The William F. and Edith R. Meggers Project Award of the American Institute of Physics is a biennial award designed to fund projects for the improvement of high-school physics teaching in the United States. The Award was made possible by an endowment created by the gift of a stamp and coin collection from William F. and Edith R. Meggers to the American Institute of Physics.

Nature of the award

The Award consists in monetary support. A total of $25,000 is available to be awarded biennially for one or more outstanding projects in the competition.

Objective

The objective is to support projects at the high-school level designed to raise the level of interest in physics and boost the quality of physics education.

Guidelines

Preference will be given to the proposals that directly involve pre-college teachers and/or students.
Proposed projects must be clearly directed toward accomplishing the above-specified objective.
Proposals are invited from individuals as well as groups.
Projects that can serve as models for others are encouraged.
Projects that propose the use of the entire budget for the purchase or rental of equipment will be disallowed. Currently, indirect costs are not considered.
A completed proposal will consist of: Title, Abstract, List of Personnel, Vitae, Objectives, Description of Activities, Dissemination Plan (6 or fewer pages), and Budget.
Awarded projects deliver mandatory reports on the projects' activities.

Contact information

Proposals should be sent to:

Vice President, Physics Resources Center
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740-3843
Phone: 301-209-3126.

For more information please see the Meggers Award web site.

Status of the award process

Next award process will start in January 2009.