NPSS
Awards
Description:
To
promote continuing education and
encourage membership in NPSS.
Prize:
Maximum
of $8000/year for all recipients, mostly
for tuition in NPSS Sponsored Short Courses but in selected cases, also
for
partial travel expenses to NPSS short Courses.
Funding:
Funded by
the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.
Eligibility:
Outstanding
Student Members of NPSS
and unemployed Members of NPSS who need assistance in changing career
direction.
Basis
for Judging: Exceptional
promise as a
Graduate Student in any of the fields of the NPSS, exceptionally good
work in
those fields for currently unemployed NPSS members and an expectation
that
attendance to one or more of the Short Courses will result in improved
possibility of obtaining a job in the NPSS fields.
Presentation:
Presented
each year at the NPS
sponsored conference in which the Short Courses are given. The awards
will be
handled prior to the dates of the Conference, so that award recipients
can apply
the corresponding funds towards covering tuition and/or traveling costs
to the
Short Courses.