American Institute of Physics

American Institute of Physics is a non-profit corporation that advances, promotes, and serves the physical sciences.

American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a non-profit membership corporation focused on advancing, promoting, and serving the physical sciences for the benefit of humanity. It covers a broad range of fields in physical sciences and collectively represents more than 120,000 scientists, engineers, educators, and students in the global physical sciences community. American Institute of Physics offers authoritative information, services, and expertise in physics education and student programs, science communication, government relations, career services for science and engineering professionals, statistical research in physics employment and education, industrial outreach, and the history of physics and allied fields. AIP also publishes the flagship magazine Physics Today and is home to the Society of Physics Students and the Niels Bohr Library and Archives. It also owns AIP Publishing LLC, a scholarly publisher in the physical and related sciences. America Institute of Physics was founded in 1931 and is based in Maryland, Los Angeles.