Inclusive Physics
Gender Inclusive Physics Community
Connect with women and gender minorities, including transgender and nonbinary individuals, when you join the APS Gender Inclusive Physics Community. Attend in-person events throughout your undergraduate, graduate, and postdoc journeys, and learn in empowering virtual meetups on authentic topics.
These conferences empower students to explore career and education opportunities.
Fostering professional development and leadership opportunities in physics for all (formerly Advancing Graduate Leadership).
Inclusive initiatives and resources
APS advances inclusivity in physics by facilitating events, initiating discussion, promoting mentorship, and supporting women, those with diverse gender identities, and underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.
The APS Bridge Program creates pathways to physics graduate programs for students from all backgrounds, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to pursue advanced physics education.
The National Mentoring Community provides mentoring, professional development, and an inclusive support network to students pursuing degrees in physics and related fields.
A welcoming community working to transform physics by enacting strategies to empower departments and laboratories.
Increasing participation in the physical sciences by making graduate education accessible to students from a broad range of backgrounds.
A worldwide community of teachers, researchers, and professional societies working to inspire students to pursue physics in college, regardless of gender.
A collaboration between multiple physics groups, TEAM-UP Together is breaking down systemic barriers so Black physics and astronomy undergraduates can thrive.
Through research-based tactics and a peer community, SEA Change provides colleges and universities with the tools to cultivate an inclusive STEMM ecosystem.
Improving the physics climate
Ethics in physics
Through our ethics standards and training materials, APS is committed to promoting fairness and respect in the physics community.