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This is your chance to engage hundreds of America’s brightest, most enthusiastic science students. Be involved with the largest meeting of physics undergrads in the world!
The 2016 Quadrennial Physics Congress (PhysCon) will be a cutting-edge, life-changing meeting where undergraduate physics students, alongside mentors and alumni, will be immersed in the topics of innovation and technology.
We encourage your organization to partner with Sigma Pi Sigma in this tremendous opportunity to reach over 1000 physics undergrads who are the future of optics, engineering, science, and technology ingenuity in the United States.
All sponsors will receive:
- Acknowledgment on the congress website and published congress program
- The opportunity to include materials in guest registration bags
- Exhibit space or advertisement space in the official program booklet
The details of each sponsorship level can be tailored to fit your organization’s needs; contact
American Institute of Physics Development Office
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740
Email: development@aip.org
Tel: 301-209-3006
Sponsorship Levels
Diamond Level $100,000
Offers maximum visibility and engagement with students, faculty, executives, and other VIP guests, including:
- Direct underwriting, signage displayed, & introduction of your representative with anopportunity to make a statement to all attendees at the event of your choice:
- Opening Reception
- Closing Dinner
- Two Plated Luncheons
- Signage prominently displayed throughout the meeting space
- Physics Today Online advertisement: physicstoday.org
- Logo on Physics Today Online Career Network: physicstoday.org/jobs
- Logo and prominent acknowledgment in the SPS & Sigma Pi Sigma publications, The SPS Observer and Radiations
- Access to students during the four years between each quadrennial congress at
regional meetings and other events (with multi-year pledge; please ask for details)
Platinum Level $50,000
Offers high visibility and engagement with students, faculty, executives, and other VIP guests, including:
- Direct underwriting & signage displayed for Breakfast with the Scientists. This
congress tradition encourages students to personally interact with professional
scientists in small groups, including those working outside of academia. One or more
tables reserved for your employees to directly interact with students at the event - Logo on Physics Today Online Career Network: physicstoday.org/jobs
- Logo and prominent acknowledgment in the SPS & Sigma Pi Sigma publications, The SPS Observer and Radiations
Gold Level $20,000
Offers visibility and engagement with students, faculty, executives, and other VIP guests, including:
- Signage prominently displayed throughout the event meeting space
- Direct underwriting and signage displayed for your choice of either:
- One Poster Session (multiple available)
- Wi-Fi Underwriting
- Logo on Physics Today Online Career Network: physicstoday.org/jobs
- Logo and prominent acknowledgment in the SPS & Sigma Pi Sigma publications, The SPS Observer and Radiations
Silver Level $10,000
Offers visibility and engagement with students, faculty, executives, and other VIP guests, including:
- Signage prominently displayed throughout the event meeting space
- Direct underwriting and signage displayed at a Coffee/Snack Break
- Logo and prominent acknowledgment in the SPS & Sigma Pi Sigma publications, The SPS Observer and Radiations
Titanium Level $5,000
Offers visibility and engagement with students, faculty, executives, and other VIP guests, including:
- Signage prominently displayed throughout the event meeting space
- Direct underwriting of conference signage, including: Directional Signage,
- Registration Signage, and other informational signage
Bronze Level $2,500
- Signage prominently displayed throughout the event meeting space
In-Kind Donations & Exhibit Space
We also accept in-kind donations for items including registration bags and other meeting materials. Exhibit space is also available. Contact us for details on either of these possibilities at sps-programs@aip.org.
Year Round Collaboration Options
Society of Physics Students (SPS)/Sigma Pi Sigma Scholarships and Awards. Help university chapters and physics undergraduates with funding for school, outreach, research, and more.
SPS Internship Program. Help fund valuable summer internships for students. If your company is located in the DC area, it could be possible to sponsor interns to work directly with your company.
SPS Zone Meetings and AIP Member Society Meetings. In addition to the Quadrennial Physics Congress, regional SPS meetings are held annually across the USA. Also, SPS hosts student presentations and receptions at AIP Member Society Meetings, including OSA, APS, AAPT, and others.
To ensure your organization’s sponsorship of this historic event, please contact the AIP Development team directly and visit us at www.aip.org/donate. We look forward to partnering with you on the best physics congress yet, where you can impact and engage the future of the physical sciences!
