In 2019, SPIE provided over $5.6 million in community support including scholarships and awards, outreach and advocacy programs, travel grants, public policy, and educational resources.

Inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers by becoming more involved with your Society's altruistic activities. We are an educational, not-for-profit organization that contributes a significant percentage of revenue, every month, every year, without a separate fundraising campaign or administrative foundation. It's what we do.

But we couldn't do it without you and the time of volunteers around the world. Want to get involved? Email: help@spie.org

SPIE Endowment Matching Program

The SPIE Endowment Matching Program will disburse up to $2.5 million to fund the expansion of educational opportunities in optics and photonics over the next five years, typically for a named faculty position, chair, or scholarship needs. NEW ENDOWMENT announced 25 June 2020, establishing the SPIE@ICFO Chair for Diversity in Photonic Sciences with ICFO. A sum of $500,000 in funding from SPIE is being matched by €500,000 from the existing ICFO endowment. The combined fund will support the appointment of a chair at ICFO whose remit will be to leverage the center's activities to further enhance its promotion of diversity. Read the press release.

Learn more about the other endowments established so far:

  • The Baur-SPIE Endowed Chair in Optics and Photonics at JILA. Learn more.

  • The Soileau Family-SPIE Optics and Photonics Undergraduate Scholarship Fund for the University of Central Florida's (UCF) College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL). Learn more.

  • The SPIE-Glebov Family Optics and Photonics Graduate Scholarship Fund for the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL). Learn more.

  • The SPIE Chair in Optical Sciences at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona. Learn more.

Download information about the program and how your college or university may participate.

Education Outreach Grants		Free Posters
Visiting Lecturers Program		SPIE Scholarships in Optics and Photonics
ETOP Conference - Education and Training in Optics and Photonics		Student Author Travel Grants
Free Educational Resources		Science Fairs