From: clark@bork.phy (Charles Clark)
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Subject: APS award for Thesis Research in AMO Physics
Date: 23 Nov 92 21:59:39 GMT
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                  American Physical Society Award for 
                Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in 
                 Atomic, Molecular, or Optical Physics

Sponsored by members and friends of the Division of Atomic, Molecular,
and Optical Physics

Purpose: To recognize doctoral thesis research of outstanding quality 
    and achievement in atomic, molecular, or optical physics and to
    encourage effective written and oral presentation of research results.

Nature: The award to be given annually consists of $1000 and a certificate
    citing the contribution made by the recipient.  The permanent record
    of past winners will be published annuallly as part of the program of
    the Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical
    Physics.

Establishment and Support:  The award was established in 1992 by the
    Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics and is sponsored
    by the members and friends of the Division of Atomic, Molecular,
    and Optical Physics.

Rules and Eligibility: Doctoral students at any university in the
    United States or abroad who passed their thesis defense for the
    Ph.D. in the disciplines of atomic, molecular, or optical physics
    not more than 24 months before the nomination dealine are eligible
    for the award, with the restrictions that a student whose thesis
    advisor is a member of the Selection Committee is not eligible for
    the award during the advisor's term of service on the Committee
    and a student may be a finalist in the competition only once.

    Nominees are required to submit an abstract for presentation at the
    Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical
    Physics.  Based on the entire nomination package, as described
    below, the Selection Committee will choose finalists who will be
    required to present their work orally in a special invited paper
    session devoted solely to such presentations.  The number of
    finalists will be limited to those who can be accomodated in one
    session, with the time for presentation and discussion being
    approximately 30 minutes.  The Selection Committee will choose the
    winner from among the finalists based on both the oral presentation
    and the written material.

    Finalists will be notified no later than two weeks after the
    regular abstract deadline date for the Annual Meeting.  All
    finalists will receive a travel stipend of $250.  Nominees who
    are not selected as finalists will have their abstract scheduled
    in a regular oral or poster session of the meeting.

    Any APS member not a member of the Selection Committee may submit
    a nomination for this award.  The nomination package should include
    the following material from the nominator:

(1) A letter from the thesis advisor citing the specific contributions
    of the nominee and the significance of those contributions.

(2) A brief curriculum vitae of the nominee, his or her graduate course
    record, and the date of the thesis defense.

(3) At least two letters seconding the nomination.

    The nomination package should also ionclude the following material
    prepared by the nominee:

(1) A specially prepared 1,500 word manuscript describing the research
    to be presented.  Submission of an entire thesis, a published paper,
    or a manuscript to be published will not be accepted in lieu of the
    1,500 word manuscript.

(2) One copy of the abstract in standard Bulletin format.  Three
    additional copies of this abstract must be submitted in the usual
    manner to the address specified in the announcement of the Annual
    Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics.

    The complete nomination package must be submitted before 4 January
    1993 to the Chair of the Selection Committee: 

        Charles W. Clark,
        A253 Physics Building
        National Institute of Standards and Technology
        Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Other members of the Selection Committee for the 1993 award are:

        Philip H. Bucksbaum, University of Michigan
        Howard J. Carmichael, University of Oregon
        Stuart Crampton, Williams College
        Patricia M. Dehmer, Argonne National Laboratory
        Joseph H. Macek, University of Tennessee

The 1993 Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical
Physics takes place in Reno, Nevada, 17-19 May 1993.
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