Willie Hobbs
Harry L. Morrison Scholarship
Arthur BC
The National Society of Black Physicists is pleased to offer scholarships commemorating Drs. Willie Hobbs Moore, Harry L. Morrison and Arthur BC Walker.
Dr. Moore was the first African American female to earn the Ph.D. degree in physics. After completing her degree at the
Dr. Morrison was a legendary figure in the field of mathematical statistical physics, and an inspirational mentor to generations of African American physicists. He was on the physics faculty at UC Berkeley for nearly 30 years, and was an assistant dean until his death in 2002. He was strong student advocate, especially science and engineering students. In the early 70's he was amongst the early UC Berkeley faculty supporters of a degree-granting Black Studies Programs.
Dr. Walker was the most brilliant x-ray spectroscopist that ever lived. He applied his science to solar imaging, and was the first to report x-ray images of the Sun. He built many x-ray telescopes for space flight missions. He was also a tireless activist for diversity of the student body and faculty at
Declared physics majors in their junior or senior year are eligible to receive this scholarship. Applicants should be either sophomores or juniors. We anticipate making three $1,000 awards. The scholarship is NOT renewable.
Download Application. Applications are due byHarvey Washington Banks Scholarship in Astronomy
Walter Samuel McAfee Scholarship in Space Physics
Ronald E. McNair Scholarship in Space and Optical Physics
Michael P. Anderson Scholarship in Space Science
The National Society of Black Physicists offers these scholarships in commemoration of these pioneering astronomers, astrophysicists and space scientists.
Dr. Harvey Washington Banks was the first African American to receive the Ph.D. degree specifically in astronomy. He earned his degree at
Dr. Walter McAfee was a graduate of
Dr. McAfee was a mathematical physicist who applied his skills to problems of astrophysics and radio-wave propagation. He was part of the team that was the first to send a radio signal to the moon, have it bounced back and detected back on Earth. His calculations were crucial in determining the velocity of a position on the moon relative to a position on the Earth, and for determining the electromagnetic cross-section of the moon. In 1997 the US Army dedicated the
Dr. Ronald McNair and LTCOL Michael P. Anderson were NASA astronauts who perished in separate space shuttle accidents. Dr. McNair was lost in the Challenger accident of 1986 and Colonel Anderson was aboard the
Each of these scholarships is a one-time $1,000 award. The scholarship is NOT renewable.
Download Application. Applications are due by January 12, 2008.
Elmer S. Imes Scholarship in Physics
Elmer Imes earned a Ph.D. degree in physics from the
After completing his degree at
This scholarship is made possible from the generous gift of Dr. Walter and Mrs Shirley Massey.
Download Application. Applications are due by January 12, 2008.
Robert A. Ellis Scholarship in Physics
Bob Ellis earned his doctorate at the
This scholarship is supported the friends and colleagues of Dr. Ellis at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Charles
Stevenson Brown completed his undergraduate studies at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia with a major in
Physics and minors in Mathematics and Philosophy. He earned an M.S. in Nuclear
Physics and Computer Programming at Emory University. In 1981 he
received a Ph.D. in Physics (Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Applied
Mathematics) from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a postdoctoral
fellow at Emory from 1981-1982.
From 1982-2001, Dr. Brown was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies in Norcross, Georgia. During that time period he also served as an AT&T Bell Laboratories Visiting Scholar in the Department of Physics at ClarkAtlantaUniversity. In 1993, he was awarded the Black Engineer of the Year Pioneer Award, both for his training of young African-American and African scientists and engineers and for his contributions in science and technology. From 2001-2002, he held the position of Chief Scientist of Luxcore Networks, then located in Atlanta, Georgia. From 2002-July 2004 he was an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Morehouse College, and from August of 2004 until just before his death he was Interim Chair of the Department of Physics at Morehouse.
The development of science and technology in Africa was a central component of Dr. Brown’s
career and life. In 1988, Abdus Salam (Nobel Laureate and Director of the International Center for Theoretical
Physics), appointed Charles to the Founding Council of the Edward Bouchet Abdus
Salam Institute (EBASI). Later he was
awarded a Fulbright Fellowship that enabled him to work with faculty and
students in the Department of Physics at University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Cape Coast, Ghana. He subsequently returned to UCC as an ICTP
Visiting Scholar, and helped develop a Ph.D. program in Physics at that
university. In addition to his extensive work in Africa, he served as
the Chair of EBASI for many years.
This commemorative scholarship is made possible by gifts from Dr. Brown’s family and his many friends and colleagues.
Graduate students and undergraduate students with a declared major in physics are eligible for this scholarship. This scholarship is not renewable.
Download Application. Applications are due by January 12, 2008.
APS Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors
Through the generosity of corporate and individual donors, the APS is able to offer the APS Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors (formerly known as the Corporate-Sponsored Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Students Who Major in Physics). This program, which began in 1980, has graduated students who have received their Ph.D.s in physics and are now working as physics faculty members in universities, as well as research scientists at corporations and national labs. Some past scholars have also become high school physics teachers.
Each year, the APS Committee on Minorities in Physics (COM) acts as the selection committee for this scholarship which attracts many excellent applicants. The award consists of $2000 per year for new minority scholars, and $3000 per year for renewal students to be used for tuition, room & board, and educational materials. In addition, each physics department that hosts one or more APS minority undergraduate scholars and assigns a mentor for their student/s will receive a $500 award for programs to encourage minority students.
Any African-American, Hispanic American, or Native American U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is majoring or planning to major in physics, and who is a high school senior, college freshman, or sophomore is eligible to apply for the scholarship
Navigate to APS Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors for more information and application forms.
