In order to develop a broader picture of the status of physicists across the globe the 2009 Global Survey of Physicists is ready to complete on the web address www.aipsurveys.org/global Global Survey of Physicists has been developed by staff at the American Institute of Physics in conjunction with International Union of Pure and Applied Physics conferences on women in physics, partially funded by a grant from the Luce Foundation. Responses to this survey are anonymous. Individual level information will not be shared or made available.