|**Title:		**|**Maria Goeppert Mayer Award**|
|**Implementation**|{{wiki:1.png?nolink}}|
|**Field(s) of Action:**|@#A9BCF5: * Presence and visibility|
|**Objective:**|* To support and promote women physicists' careers|
|**Target Group(s): **|Women researchers|
|**Description:	**|To recognize and enhance outstanding achievement by a woman physicist in the early years of her career, and to provide opportunities for her to present these achievements to others through public lectures in the spirit of Maria Goeppert Mayer. The award consists of $2,500 plus a $4,000 travel allowance to provide opportunities for the recipient to give lectures in her field of physics at four institutions and at the meeting of the Society at which the award is bestowed and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The award is presented annually.|
|**More information:**|American Physical Society (USA)\\ Contact: https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/goeppert-mayer.cfm|