The AAPT offers two awards for educators to receive AAPT electronic memberships.
Hashim A. Yamani Membership Grants
Each year, AAPT awards several two-year Hashim A. Yamani AAPT Memberships, which are regular electronic memberships and include electronic only access to copies of the American Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, and Physics Today. These grants are supported by the Hashim A. Yamani Fund, which was endowed in 2011 by generous contributions from several colleagues and mentees of Dr. Hashim A. Yamani, a prominent and well respected physics educator, researcher, and public servant in Saudi Arabia. An individual eligible for a Yamani Membership must be either an undergraduate senior who is planning a career teaching physics in his or her native country, or a graduate student who is in his or her last two years before receiving his or her final post-baccalaureate degree and who is planning a career teaching physics in his or her native country, or an early-career professional in his or her first five years of physics teaching in his or her native country. Citizens of any country in the world are eligible for support but citizens of developing countries in such areas as the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia will have priority over citizens of developed countries in such areas as North America and Western Europe.
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Harold and Charlotte Fuller
Harold Q. and Charlotte Mae Fuller Fund
This endowment fund was created to enhance the internationalization of AAPT membership and is intended to be beneficial to physics teachers in countries with low, lower-middle, and upper-middle income economies and countries with nonconvertible currencies. Each year, AAPT awards several two-year Harold Q. and Charlotte Mae Fuller Fund AAPT Memberships, which are regular electronic memberships and include electronic only access to copies of the American Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, and Physics Today. The countries eligible for funded memberships are derived from the World Bank list of countries with low, lower-middle, and upper-middle-income economies. This decision was approved by the Membership and Benefits Committee. This list of countries from which nominees will be solicited will be periodically revised by the AAPT Membership and Benefits Committee based on this list.
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How to Submit an Application
The deadline for receipt of Hashim A. Yamani Membership Grant applications and Harold Q. and Charlotte Mae Fuller Fund applications each year is July 1. All applications received by that date will be considered for a membership that will start on September 1 and run through August 31 two years later.
To apply, applicants will complete an online application that requests the following:
- The applicant's contact information
- A one-page narrative statement:
- For the Hashim A. Yamani Membership Grant application, the narrative should focus on the applicant's background and career plans, including a statement about the applicant's interest in AAPT and his or her perception of how AAPT might contribute to preparation for a teaching career.
- For the Harold Q. and Charlotte Mae Fuller Fund application, the narrative should focus on the applicant's background as well as the reasons membership will benefit the recipient and promote excellence in physics teaching in their country.
- The name and contact information of one individual who can verify the applicant's qualifications. That reference will receive an email asking for information.
