William F. and Edith R. Meggers Project Award
Biennial award funds projects that boost interest in physics and improve the high school physics education.
Applications are open. AIP is accepting Meggers Project Award proposals April 1 – June 15, 2025.
About the 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.
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. The Award consists of monetary support. A limited number of amounts up to $25,000 are available to be awarded biennially for one or more outstanding projects in the competition.
Guidelines
Applicants must submit a well-defined project proposal aligned with the goals of the Meggers Award.
- 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.
- Proposals that include undergraduate student support are encouraged.
- Proposals that include collaboration with student and/or high school groups 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.
- Leads for awarded projects must agree to deliver mandatory reports on the projects' activities.
Proposal Information
A completed proposal will consist of: Coversheet (attached below), Title, Abstract, List of Personnel, Vitae, Objectives, Description of Activities, Dissemination Plan, and Budget. Proposals should be submitted by June 15, 2025 via email to adelapuente@aip.org as a single PDF.
Proposal Components:
- Meggers Coversheet template (attached below)
- Cover letter (1 page max)
- Abstract (100 words or less)
- List of Personnel
- Collaborators
- Project Objectives
- Description of Activities
- Dissemination Plan
- Related collaborations (if any)
- Background information (Maximum of 1 page)
- Detailed budget
- Up to three letters of support
- NSF-style CVs for Principle Investigators (5 pages max, each)
