National Society of Black Physicists

Dissertation of the Year Prize

The National Society of Black Physicists annually awards a Dissertation of the Year Prize.  Candidates for this prize should have received the Ph.D. in physics (or closely related field) during a period not longer than 3 years and no shorter than 1 year from the year in which the award is given.  The award is usually given at the NSBP annual conference in February.

Nominations for the award should be sent to

Prof. Joseph A. Johnson III
Florida A&M University
Department of Physics
Room 205 Jones Hall
Tallahassee, FL 32307

and include the following:

  1. The full name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of the nominee and the Ph.D. dissertation advisor or committee chair.
  2. The date and title of the dissertation and the University which awarded the degree
  3. An abstract of the dissertation including a specific discussion of the issues and attributes of the work (very briefly) that makes it worthy of this award.
  4. A copy of the final dissertation.

Nominees should be prepared to discuss the dissertation with the selection committee.  All nominations must be received on or before December 1st.