As a student, you represent the future of optics, photonics and imaging, as well as the future of the Society.
SPIE has distributed over $2 million in awards through its scholarship program and will be awarding $262,500 in scholarships to students in 2008.
In addition to SPIE's scholarships program, the Society offers a number of student travel grants to qualifying and selected students. These funds are available through a competitive selection process to students who need to supplement their travel support to present an accepted paper at any official SPIE conference. Newport Spectra-Physics has partnered with SPIE to make additional funding available through the travel grant process for students with an accepted paper at Optics & Photonics or Photonics West.
Note: All scholarship applications are judged on their own merit based on the experience and education level of the individual student. High school (pre-university/secondary school) and 1st/2nd year college undergraduate, post-secondary students are encouraged to apply and will be judged relative to other applicants with similar educational backgrounds.
To be eligible to apply, students must:
* High school students will receive a one-time, one-year complimentary Membership. Contact scholarships@spie.org and request a Pre-College Membership Application Form. All other students who are not members and are interested in becoming an SPIE Student Member, click here.
SPIE is incorporated in the state of California, USA, and abides by U.S. laws that may restrict cash awards to residents of some countries. To qualify for an award, students and institutions must be eligible to receive funds under U.S. federal guidelines.
