Venue
The Hilton Minneapolis is both the meeting venue as well as the headquarters hotel. Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, the venue features an indoor pool and sauna, Starbucks coffee, UPS store, and all-day dining on site.
Traveling from the airport to Downtown Minneapolis is easy. With rideshare apps, taxi services, and the metro train, there is safe and reliable transit for everyone traveling to the meeting venue.
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Seeking to share a room and save on expenses? APS Members can use Engage to post a discussion thread and coordinate rooming.
Learn about the Location
Known for its scenic parks and lakes, as well as its extensive art galleries and museums, Minneapolis combines the cultural experience of a large city with the beauty of nature.
International Visitors
APS looks forward to welcoming international attendees to the April Meeting.
Travel and Caregiver Grants
A number of awards and grants to help offset the cost of attendance were open to applications from April Meeting attendees. Students, in particular, were encouraged to apply.
Past application deadlines
- FGSA Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
Open to graduate students who are members of APS and FGSA, the award provides up to $1,000 in travel reimbursements for students who have made noteworthy progress in their academic careers.
Deadline has passed. - FGSA Crisis Support & Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Student Awards
Open to graduate students who are members of APS and FGSA, the award provides up to $1,000 in travel reimbursements for underrepresented students in physics presenting at April Meeting 2023.
Deadline has passed. - GFB Young Researcher Travel Awards
Open to Ph.D. students, or researchers who are within three years of the awarding of their Ph.D. degree at the time of the meeting, the award provides up to $650 in travel reimbursements for those presenting at the meeting.
Deadline has passed. - DCOMP Graduate Student Travel Award
Open to students and postdocs presenting in a DCOMP session, the award provides up to $500 in travel reimbursements for in-person meetings. For virtual meetings, the award covers meeting registration fees as well as a one-year membership in APS and DCOMP.
Deadline has passed. - DPF Caregiver Grant
We are pleased to announce that the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) will provide support for caregiving expenses, in the amount of up to $500, to a limited number of DPF members who will speak at the APS April Meeting 2023.
Deadline has passed. - DPF Student Travel Grant
We are pleased to announce that the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) will provide partial support for a limited number of students to attend the APS April Meeting 2023.
Deadline has passed. - GPER Mini-Grants: Conference Support
Conference support grants are available to GPER members to share physics education research findings with the physics community and are capped at $1000. Preference is given to GPER members who have limited conference resources. Deadline has passed. - FIP Distinguished Student Program (DS) 2023
Since 2015, the APS and Forum on International Physics (FIP) established the Distinguished Student Program (DS) to provide outstanding non-US young researchers with financial support to participate in the APS Meetings. Deadline has passed. - DAP Student and Postdoc Travel Awards
The DAP will offer travel grants to support the attendance of graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, and postdocs at this meeting. The amount of each grant will be up to $600 for travel-related expenses for those students who are members of the DAP and who are presenting talks or posters in DAP-sponsored sessions. Deadline has passed. - Braslau Family Travel Grant
Open to degree-seeking students and early career physicists, this award reimburses between $500-$1000 in travel expenses for in-person meetings. Deadline has passed.