Your donation to SPIE Student Services is an investment in the future of the Optics and Photonics industry. Since its inception in 1955, the Society has helped industry meet their goals through student education and by connecting qualified students with employers. In 2007, nearly $300,000 in student scholarships and assistance will be awarded.
Through your financial contribution to Student Services, you enable the Society to continue to support education and technological advancement through the following programs:
- Leadership Conferences
- Professional Development
- Travel Grants
- Mentoring Programs
- Student Networking Events
- Student Chapter Leadership Workshops
- Optics Outreach
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Travel Scholarships
Each year student authors travel to present original research at SPIE conferences, but many more are unable to afford the high costs of travel. Help 15 students establish themselves in the scientific community.
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$15,000 |
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Student Chapter Leadership Workshop
Chapter Members converge at Optics & Photonics for professional development, learning, and to establish new relationships for future collaboration. Over 100 Student Chapter Members from nearly 20 countries attend this two-day event.
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$10,000 |
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Student Networking Lunch
Up to 150 students attend our casual networking events to meet conference and symposia chairs, committee members, SPIE Fellows, and Nobel Laureates.
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$4,000 |
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Early Career Professional Reception
Designed to meet the needs of recent graduates, these events emphasize the development of professional skills, networks, and conference involvement. Get to know new professors, post-docs, and emerging project leaders.
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$2,000 |
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Short Course / Workshop
Half to full-day events in your technical area.
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$1,500 |
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Sponsor a Speaker
Travel support for a professional development speaker.
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$1,500 |
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Student Awards - Best Paper
Awards fund student travel, research, and education.
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$800 |
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Industry Forum
Sponsor an event connecting industry and students.
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$500 |
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Promotional Items
Useful items with your logo designed for our members.
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Design Your Own Sponsorship
Tell us how you would like to support our programs.
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Sponsorship Yields Success - Your Support Matters
"It was at SPIE conferences that I first met many of my research partners from Ball Aerospace, Princeton, and the Jet Propulsion Lab. At 'Student Lunch with the Experts' I even landed an internship at IBM - it was an amazing experience, possible only through the human connections facilitated by SPIE."
- Dan Ceperley, founder of the Univ. of California, Berkeley Photobears Student Chapter and SPIE Scholarship winner
"SPIE offered me the chance to develop my leadership skills as a student, and to continue to network and develop my interest in photonics as a new faculty member and Student Chapter Advisor."
- Dr. Andres Diaz, Professor and Pennsylvania State Univ. Student Chapter Advisor
Learn More About Investing in the Future:
Download a Brochure/Contract
Or Contact:
Dirk Fabian, SPIE Membership Department
PO Box 10
Bellingham, WA 98227
United States
dirkf@spie.org
Tel: 360 685 5474
Fax: 360 647 1445
