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APS Innovation

Advancing collaborative projects that serve the broader physics community
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The Innovation Fund

The APS Innovation Fund offers pilot or supplemental funding to support members in launching innovative projects that address challenges in the physics community while advancing the APS mission of fostering a vibrant inclusive, and global community committed to science and societal impact.

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APS-Simons Travel and Professional Development Awards

This initiative recognizes the importance of collaboration and meeting participation for scientific progress and essential professional development by offering grants of $8,400 to faculty members with limited access to travel and professional development support.

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The Experimental Physics Investigators (EPI) Initiative

In partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, EPI is bringing together tenured, mid-career experimental physicists who are accomplished leaders in their field to discover new ideas and collaborations in experimental physics with grants of $1,250,000 over five years. Researchers with high-risk, high-reward projects seeking to tackle their most creative, innovative research ideas can submit pre-proposals in the fall of 2024, with full proposals due in early 2025.

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