The association also offers grants and awards for physics educators, including the Richtmyer Memorial Award[2] and programs and contests for physics educators and students.
It is headquartered at the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland.
The American Association of Physics Teachers was founded on December 31, 1930, when forty-five physicists held a meeting during the joint APS-AAAS meeting in Cleveland specifically for that purpose.
The US physics team is determined by two preliminary exams and a week and a half long "boot camp".
Each year, five members are selected to compete against dozens of countries in the International Physics Olympiad (IPHO).