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All graduate students in the Department of Physics and graduate students whose thesis research is supervised by a Physics faculty member are eligible for the award.
The Graduate Research Award recognizes excellence in research. The research should be of high caliber, and should be disseminated to the scientific community. The quality and impact of the science will be considered, as will the efforts to disseminate the research results. Dissemination is interpreted in the widest form: papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings, oral or poster presentations at local, regional, national or international seminars and conferences, a research thesis, technical papers, web dissemination, and other interactions that bring the research to the attention and consideration of the wider scientific community.
The selection committee solicits nominations from all physics graduate faculty members and from faculty in other departments who supervise the research of physics graduate students. The package consists of the nomination letter, at least one other confidential letters of recommendation, the student's curriculum vitae, and the student's description of the research activities and dissemination (4-page maximum).
Nomination packages are due in the Graduate Secretary's office by 4pm on the Friday of the 6th week of Spring term. The award is announced in the 10th or 11th week of Spring term.
| Year | Recipient |
| 2015-2016 | Christopher Jones |
| 2014-2015 | Brian Johnson |
| 2013-2014 | Tal Sharf |
| 2012-2013 | Michael Paul |
| 2011-2012 | Mark Kendrick |
| Nick Kuhta | |
| 2010-2011 | Joe Tomaino |
| 2009-2010 | Andrew Platt |
| 2008-2009 | Andriy Zakutayev |
| 2007-2008 | Peter Sprunger |
| 2006-2007 | Alexander Govyadinov |