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Physics Outreach
Grab Your Curiosity and Come On In!
Are you 5 years old? 105? Want to learn about physics or share physics with others? We have physics for you.
Grants for Informing the Public
APS Member Outreach Projects Encouraged
Application Deadline: January 11, 2013
APS annually awards several grants up to $10,000 to help APS members develop new physics outreach activities. Programs can be for traditional K-12 audiences or projects for engaging the public. Innovative ideas and new approaches are particularly encouraged. the grant process opens in the fall and new grant awards are announced in late spring.
Apply for an APS Outreach Grant
Summaries of 2013 Proposals
Summaries of 2012 Proposals
Summaries of 2011 Proposals
APS Historic Physics Sites Initiative
Where Did It Happen? APS Marks the Spot 
APS is identifying historic physics sites in the United States. Once a site is recognized for historic importance, a brass commemorative plaque is presented in an installation ceremony. You can see the sites and submit nominations online.
Historic Sites Initiative
Outreach Guide
How to Start and Run a Physics Outreach Program
The APS Outreach Guide provides ideas, opportunities, and “how-to” information for physics outreach programs.
APS Outreach Guide
Informing the Public
Highlighted Projects
Color Me Physics
This coloring book introduces children to some of the most famous characters in physics history. The book includes a coloring page and short description for Copernicus, Bouchet, Einstein, Goeppert-Mayer, and others.
Einstein@Home
This project uses computer time donated by computer owners all over the world to process data from gravitational wave detectors. Einstein@Home doesn’t affect the performance of computers and greatly speeds up this exciting research.
Historic Sites Initiative
The purpose of the Historic Sites initiative is to raise public awareness of physics. Unexpected encounters with an attractive plaque that identifies an important and interesting event in the history of physics will be an effective way of getting physics before the general public. The initiative will also benefit physicists by increasing their own awareness of important past scientific advances, hence of their membership in the historic evolution of their profession.
