Office of International Affairs

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 multinational; 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.

Professors & Graduate Students

Application Deadline: 30 March 2012
Physicists and physics graduate students in India and the United States can apply for travel grants to pursue opportunities in the other country.  This program is sponsored by the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and administered by the APS.
India-U.S. Travel Grant Program

U.S. Professors & Graduate Students 

Application Deadline: 30 March 2012
APS is now accepting proposals from professors and graduate students in the United States for travel grants to pursue opportunities in Brazil.  
Brazil-U.S. Exchange Program

New APS International Councillor

APS member Annick Suzor-Weiner was elected International Councillor during the 2011 APS membership-wide election. Suzor-Weiner began her term on the APS Council on January 1, 2012.
APS General Election Results

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