Second Conference on Graduate Education in Physics; January 30-February 1, 2013 at the American Center for Physics in College Park, MD.

该奖项支持为期两天的会议，以集中全国关注当前的问题，在物理学研究生教育。这次会议是由美国物理学会和美国物理教师协会联合举办的。会议将于2013年1月在马里兰州大学公园的美国物理中心举行，将汇集约100名与会者，包括那些能够实施变革的人和那些能够提供明智的变革建议的人。这次会议的部分动机是2008年1月第一次物理学研究生教育会议的成功。 会议将讨论的主题包括课程;考试/考试结构;气候和多样性;招生;建议和指导;非学术职业;发展“软”技能，包括口头和书面沟通;团队建设和领导力;多学科课程和学位;研究生课程的成果评估;以及塑造全面有效的研究生教育体验。会议将继续四年前开始的对话，并为物理学界提供一个机会，集思广益研究生教育的想法，使物理学研究生课程能够不断改进，以保持其世界一流的卓越。此外，会议将提供一个论坛，以了解自第一次会议以来在各种研究生课程取得的进展，并找到方法来确定，适应和实施本地限制范围内的最佳实践。

This award supports a two-day conference to focus national attention on current issues in graduate education in physics. The conference is organized jointly by the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers. The conference will take place at the American Center for Physics in College Park, MD in January 2013, and will bring together about 100 participants including those in a position to implement changes and those in a position to provide informed recommendations for change. The conference is motivated partly by the success of the first conference on graduate education in physics in January 2008. The topics to be discussed at the conference include curriculum; exam/exam structure; climate and diversity; admissions; advising and mentoring; non-academic careers; developing "soft" skills including oral and written communication; team building and leadership; multi-disciplinary coursework and degrees; outcome assessment of graduate programs; and shaping a holistic and effective graduate education experience. The conference will continue the conversation started four years ago and give the physics community an opportunity to brainstorm ideas about graduate education so that graduate programs in physics can continuously improve to maintain their world class excellence. In addition, the conference will provide a forum to learn about the progress made in various graduate programs since the first conference and find ways to identify, adapt, and implement best practices within local constraints.