In this era of globalization, international issues cut across essentially all aspects of the APS and physics community.

• Science: International R&D collaborations are on the rise; countries are partnering to build big facilities.
• Industry:  Companies are increasingly multi-national; US companies are moving R&D facilities offshore.
• Education:  The US competes for the world's best talent; it needs to attract and retain first-rate students and scientists.
• Policy:  National S&T policies are affected by global events; federal R&D funding influences US participation in international large-scale collaborations.

Check with us often to keep apprised of international issues and opportunities for APS members.

Accepting Applications for the International Travel Grant Award Program

The APS International Travel Grant Award Program (ITGAP) was established to promote international scientific collaborations between APS members and physicists in developing countries.  Grant recipients receive up to $2,000 for travel and lodging while visiting a collaborator for at least one month.  

APS is now accepting applications for the eleventh cycle of the program.  Members of APS units that sponsor ITGAP are eligible to apply.  The application deadline is Wednesday, 6 January 2010.

International Travel Grant Award Program: Eligibility and How to Apply

International Partnerships

Workshop in Ghana

Morning session at meeting in Accra, Ghana.

APS, IOP (UK), and the Kumasi Institute of Technology, Energy and Environment (Ghana), hosted west African scientists, industrialists, and policy makers at a workshop in Accra, Ghana, to develop strategies for biomass energy projects in rural west Africa. 

Defining practical energy strategies is a follow-up project to the World Conference on Physics and Sustainable Development. The purpose of the workshop was to define strategies for the practical application of biomass gasification and bio-oil in rural areas. Attendees participated in small working groups to outline projects to be implemented in 2008-2009.

  Biomass Technology Workshop in Accra, Ghana

International Affairs Committees & Forums

• Committee on International Scientific Affairs
• Committee on International Freedom of Scientists
• Forum on International Physics
• International Affairs Officer of the Forum on Graduate Student Affairs