The Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public assumes responsibility for this prize. This important APS prize consists of the Nicholson Medal and a certificate that includes the citation for which the recipient has been recognized. The Medal is sponsored by the friends of Dwight Nicholson, and through a generous gift from Professor Herb Berk, the Medal will be awarded with a stipend of $2,000, beginning in Spring 2018. Up to $1,500 will be available for the recipient's travel expenses to the meeting at which the Medal is presented.
The prize shall be awarded to a physicist who either through public lectures and public media, teaching, research, or science related activities has
Full details are at: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/nicholson.cfm
Nomination deadline is usually June 1.
Contributed by: E. Dan Dahlberg