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. The initiative supplements SPIE's existing commitment of over $5 million annually for community support activities. The first grant of $500,000 created the SPIE Chair in Optical Sciences at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona. Read the press release.

NEW ENDOWMENT announced 21 May 2020, establishing the Soileau Family-SPIE Optics and Photonics Undergraduate Scholarship Fund for the University of Central Florida's (UCF) College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL). The $125,000 in funding from SPIE is being matched in full by a gift from the Soileau family in order to create scholarships for undergraduate students at CREOL, with preference given to students who are first generation — the first in their families to attend college. Read the press release.

On 3 February 2020, SPIE announced the establishment of the second endowment in the program, the SPIE-Glebov Family Optics and Photonics Graduate Scholarship Fund for the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL). The $325,000 in funding from SPIE will be matched in full by the College's Research Foundation and the Glebov family, to create scholarships for graduate students at CREOL. Read the press release.

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