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2026 AAPPS-APCTP C. N. Yang Award

Background

The Chen Ning Yang Award (C. N. Yang Award) was established to honor outstanding young researchers and to promote the development of future leaders in physics across the Asia-Pacific region. It is jointly presented by the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) and the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP).

Eligibility Criteria

  • The awardee must have obtained a PhD in physics or an equivalent degree within 10 years from January 1 of the year of the award, not counting the number of years equal to the number of a female candidate's children born after her Ph.D.

  • The awardee must have done the work to be awarded when s/he had an affiliation to an institution in a member country/region

  • The awardee must have an affiliation to an institution in a member country/region at the time of nomination.

Note: Nomination of a JPS member also applies to the AAPPS-JPS Award.

Channels of Nomination
  • 1. Self-nomination is not accepted.
  • 2. Through AAPPS member society:
    I. Societies with divisional structure (Australia, CPS, KPS, JSAP, JPS, Indonesia, and Vietnam):
    Each division chair can make one (1) nomination every time in the relevant specialty, or two (2) nominations provided that they are not all of the same gender.
    II. Societies without divisional structure:
    President of each society can make up to three (3) nominations every time, or up to four (4) nominations provided that they are not all of the same gender.
  • 3. Through APCTP member entity:

    Each APCTP member entity has a right to make three (3) nominations, or four (4) nominations provided that they are not all of the same gender.

  • 4. Individual Nomination:

    Each participant of the most recent Asia Pacific Physics Conference (APPC) organized by AAPPS, who paid the full registration fee, has a right to make one nomination, or two nominations provided that they are not all of the same gender, until the next APPC will be held.

Nomination Package (Template-Based Submission)

Nomination package must be prepared in a single PDF file and must be submitted by e-mail to the secretary of AAPPS and the administration office of APCTP simultaneously by the announced deadline together with a cover letter indicating the most relevant session name of the most recent or forthcoming APPC. The package must include the following materials.

  • 1. A letter of not more than 5000 characters explaining the nominee's achievements with a citation less than 300 characters.
  • 2. Nominee's contact information
  • 3. Nominee's biographical information including the date and institution of his/her PhD
  • 4. Nominee's publication list which includes URL information of five main publications where their texts can be retrieved. Listing of the citations and the impact factors of the nominee's corresponding publications is also preferred as a reference.
Sessions of the most recent APPC (APPC16 in 2025)
  • AAstrophysics, Cosmology, and Gravitation
  • BAtomic and Molecular Physics & Optics
  • CCondensed Matter Physics
  • DNuclear Physics
  • EParticles and Fields
  • FPhysics Education
  • GPlasma Physics
  • HQuantum Information
  • ISemiconductor and Applied Physics
  • JStatistical and Biological Physics
Selection Process

A selection committee appointed by AAPPS and APCTP, in consultation with the relevant AAPPS Divisions, shall determine the recipient of the prize based on the nominations, taking into account the overall quality and significance of the contribution and the creativity demonstrated.

*When a member of the Physical Society of Japan is nominated to the C. N. Yang Award, it also automatically applies for the AAPPS-JPS Award unless the nominator explicitly declines the nomination to the AAPPS-JPS Award.

Prize

The prize consists of USD 1,000 and a certificate for each recipient.

The prizes will be presented to the awardees by the AAPPS President at the C. N. Yang Award Ceremony at the AAPPS Headquarters (HQ), and the recipients are invited to give talks and publish review papers in the AAPPS Bulletin.

Submission Deadline

31 May 2026

Award Ceremony

November 2026 (TBD)