Boris P. Soicheff Memorial Scholarship
Foundation
Boris P. Soicheff Memorial Scholarship
Recognizing student research excellence and community engagement.
Program Prize
USD 3,000
Foundation
The Boris P. Soicheff Memorial Scholarship, established in 2011 with the Canadian Association of Physicists Foundation (CAPF), pays tribute to Boris P. Stoicheff, an internationally renowned laser spectroscopist and former President of the OSA (1976) and CAP (1983-84).
This scholarship is awarded to a graduate student who has demonstrated both research excellence and significant service to society and/or the physics community. The scholarship rotates annually between the Optica Foundation (odd years) and CAP Foundation (even years).
Application Information
How To Apply
Submit a paper to FiO+LS and opt into the competition. Learn more on the conference website.
Applicant Requirements
- Have an accepted paper at FiO or CAP conference.
- Be an Optica Student Member.
- Be a full-time graduate student studying astronomy, chemistry, electrical engineering, medical physics, or an optics, photonics, or physics related subject.
- Demonstrate community service, which may include but is not limited to: leadership in a student association or other student organization or as a volunteer with Optica or CAPF.
Application Requirements
- One (1) page application letter which describes:
- How you first became interested in optics/photonics/physics
- Your community service activities
- How this scholarship will help advance your studies/career
- CV/resume
- GPA certification (unofficial transcript)
- One reference letter
If you have questions, please contact apply@optica.org.
2024
Everett Patterson
University of Waterloo, Canada
2023
Lin Lin
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
2022
Kate Fenwick
University of Ottawa / NRC, Canada
2021
Murat Yessenov
CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA
2020
Matthew Robbins
University of Waterloo, Canada
2019
An Pan
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, China
2018
Robin Puchert
Universitat Regensburg, Germany
2018
Aimee K. Gunther
University of Waterloo, Canada
2017
Ali Kazemi Jahromi
University of Central Florida, USA
2016
Christopher Pugh
University of Waterloo, Canada
2015
Itai Epstein
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
2014
Juan Nicolas Quesada
University of Toronto, Canada
2013
Yanhui Zhao
Penn State University, USA
2012
Wilson Brenna
University of Waterloo, Canada
2025 Selection Committee
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua Burrow | Brown University | UNITED STATES |
| Francesco Da Ros | Technical University of Denmark | DENMARK |
| Linhui Yu | Apple Inc. | UNITED STATES |
