Physics and Astronomy Faculty Teaching Institute 

The Physics and Astronomy Faculty Teaching Institute (formerly known as the Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop) will be held in-person November 7-10, 2024, in Washington, DC.

The November 2024 FTI will be held at the American Center for Physics in downtown Washington, DC. Please DO NOT make your own hotel reservations. We will make hotel reservations for you.  Hotel room costs and dinner on day one, along with all breakfast and lunch expenses, will be paid directly by our National Science Foundation grant.

Registration Fee

After providing your registration information below, you will be asked to pay the FTI registration fee ($600) to complete the registration process.

Financial Support Available

The National Science Foundation grant also provides some registration and travel subsidies for participants from departments with financial constraints. For more information and to apply for this support, please email PI Rachel Ivie at [email protected].

A) Code of Conduct for APS and AAPT Meetings

Creating a supportive environment to enable scientific discourse at society meetings is the responsibility of all participants. By registering for the AAPT/APS/AAS FTI, you are agreeing to uphold the conduct expectations laid out by their Codes of Conduct. Ethics violations for this meeting are governed by the APS Code of Conduct and related processes.

View the APS Policy and Ethics Reporting Tool

View the AAPT Policy | View the AAS Policy

B) Release for Use of Photographs and Recordings

By registering as an attendee of an AAPT/APS/AAS FTI you hereby grant AAPT, APS and AAS the right and permission to use, publish and republish photographs, video or audio of you or images in which you may be included, in whole, part or composite, in any printed or electronic matter or media for any legal purpose; and to use your name in conjunction if AAPT, APS, or AAS so choose. By registering for the FTI, you discharge AAPT, APS and AAS from any and all claims and liabilities arising out of or in connection with the use of photographs, images or information.

C) Photo/Video Policy

Taking photos, videos or audiotapes of slides, posters and presenters or questions and answers, without the expressed written consent of the presenter, is strictly prohibited. Copyright and intellectual property law is observed during all presentations, sessions and events both in-person and online.

D) COVID 19 and Attendee Liability Waiver

Relating to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Attendee acknowledges the highly contagious nature of COVID-19 and voluntarily assumes the risk of exposure or infection by attending the FTI, and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, disability, and/or death to Attendee. Attendee understands that the risk of becoming exposed to or infected by COVID-19 at the November 2024 FTI may result from the actions, omissions, or negligence of others who may attend the event or their families, colleagues, or others with whom they may have contact. Accordingly, Attendee understands and agrees that this release includes any claims based on the actions, omissions, or negligence of the AAPT, APS and AAS and their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, officials, employees, agents, volunteers, and representatives, whether a COVID-19 infection occurs before, during, or after participation in the November 2024 FTI. In addition to all other rules and regulations relating to Attendee’s attendance at the November 2024 FTI, In-Person attendees agree to comply with all COVID-related procedures that may be implemented by the FTI leaders, including, but not limited to, mask-wearing and social distancing requirements and restrictions on certain activities that carry higher COVID-related risk, to protect, as much as possible, the health and safety of all FTI attendees.

Further information on the APS, AAPT, and AAS COVID-19 policies is available at their respective websites.

The FTI leadership team is continuously monitoring the current COVID situation and CDC guidance and may modify its practices ahead of this meeting.

Attendee acknowledges and represents that Attendee’s in-person participation in the FTI is voluntary. Attendee assumes all risks and accepts sole responsibility for any injury (including, but not limited to, personal injury, disability, and death), illness, damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense, of any kind, that Attendee may experience or incur in connection with attending the November 2024 FTI.

ON BEHALF OF ATTENDEE AND ATTENDEES’ CHILDREN, SPOUSE, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND HEIRS AND ASSIGNS, ATTENDEE HEREBY RELEASES, COVENANTS NOT TO SUE, DISCHARGES, AND HOLDS HARMLESS THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND REPRESENTATIVES, OF AND FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, INCLUDING ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DAMAGES, COSTS, OR EXPENSES OF ANY KIND, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ATTENDEE’S PARTICIPATION IN THE FTI.

Attendee understands and agrees that the law of the District of Columbia will govern this Waiver, Release, and Assumption of Risk. By completing this registration, all In-Person Attendees acknowledge that they have carefully read and fully understand this Waiver, Release, and Assumption of Risk and knowingly assume the risks described above and waives In-Person Attendee’s rights concerning liability as described above.

Registration

The registration information below is being requested both to provide formal registration information and to allow the presenters to tailor the workshop to support participants as effectively as possible.

Please complete the registration as soon as possible, but certainly before September 19, 2024.

Once your registration is submitted, you should receive a confirmation email message. If you do not receive that confirmation email within a few hours, please contact [email protected]. You will be emailed links to three follow-up questionnaires: one asking for anonymous demographic information, one confirming your travel plans, and the last asking you about your career interests and faculty professional development opportunities on your home campus. This information must be provided to fully participate in the program.

By registering for the workshop, you agree to receive post-workshop relevant email communications from AAPT, APS, and the FTI program evaluator about FTI programming. You can unsubscribe at any time.

In the registration fee payment process, you will be asked to set up a free AAPT account if you do not have one already. That step allows us to store your contact information in the AAPT database as a record of your participation in the FTI.

For more information and to apply for this support, please email PI Rachel Ivie at [email protected] by Sept. 13.