Sambamurti Memorial Lectureship Competition
This is a prize lectureship established in memory of Aditya Sambamurti, a young high energy experimentalist working on rare kaon decays at the BNL AGS, who died in 1992. It is awarded yearly to a young (within 20 years of their Ph.D.) high energy or heavy ion experimentalist of outstanding achievement. The lecture, describing the work for which the lecturer is being honored, is to be delivered at the annual RHIC/AGS Users Meeting.
The 2026 Users Meeting will take place during the week of May 11. There is a $1000 honorarium for the award.
The RHIC/AGS Users’ Executive Committee is seeking qualified candidates for this honor. Please complete the registration form below to nominate yourself or another person for the lectureship.
The nomination package consists of:
- Letter of Nomination: a statement, less than 2 pages long, that discusses why the nominee is an ideal candidate for the lectureship
- Statement of Intent: a short statement, less than 1 page long, to be prepared by the nominee, describing the nominee's plan for the lecture
- Nominee's Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. (EST) Monday, March 2, 2026
Sambamurti Memorial Lectureship Coordinator: Peter Steinberg
