2019 ANNUAL REPORT - Framing Our Future aip.org

In its role as a federation, AIP advances the success of its Member Societies by providing the means to pool, coordinate, and leverage their diverse expertise and contributions in pursuit of a shared goal of advancing the physical sciences in the research enterprise, in the economy, in education, and in society. [...] The primary purpose of AIPG is to advance the physical sciences for the benefit of society by acting as a business liaison for the dissemination of knowledge of physics and to collaborate and network with physicists. [...] AIP provides the means for its Member Societies to pool, coordinate, and leverage their diverse expertise and contributions in the pursuit of the shared goal of advancing the physical sciences in the research enterprise, in the economy, in education, and in society. [...] • Establish innovative approaches to both preserving and advancing the study of the heritage of the physical sciences, and forecasting the trajectory of the physical sciences. [...] The Board has concluded that AIP has the opportunity to amplify its mission to advance, promote, and serve the physical sciences by focusing on four key goals: • AIP as The Federation of Societies in the Physical Sciences; • AIP as The Institute for Research on, and Analysis of, the Physical Sciences Enterprise; • AIP as A Trusted Source of Information and Analysis; and • AIP Delivering Excellence.