Scholarships & Student Prizes
Foundation
Scholarships & Travel Grants
Access resources for students to continue their education, gain new experiences and make advances in research.
Foundation
Scholarships
Amplify Scholarship
Invests in underrepresented graduate students through scholarship support and access to Optica's global network.
Paul Anthony Bonenfant Memorial Scholarship
Helps students expand their cultural perspectives and study abroad.
Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition
Recognizes student innovation and research excellence at OFC.
H. Angus Macleod Student Prize
Recognizes the potential of our next generation of scientists and engineers at the Optical Interference Coatings (OIC) meeting.
Women Scholars
Empowers the next generation of women leaders in optics and photonics through scholarships, building a broader and more resilient pipeline fo rthe field.
Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Scholarship
Recognizes potential in precision optics manufacturing and lens design.
Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Scholarship
Recognizes a graduate student who has demonstrated both research excellence and significant service to society and/or the physics community.
Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition
Recognizes student excellence at Frontiers In Optics (FiO).
Travel Grants
Jean Bennett Memorial Student Travel Grant
Present research at FiO+LS.
CLEO Incubic Milton Chang Travel Grant
Present research at CLEO.
FiO + LS Incubic Milton Chang Travel Grant
Present research at FiO+LS.
Corning Women in Optical Communications Travel Grant
For women scientists attending OFC, the premier event in telecom and data center optics.
Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Student Travel Grant
Present research at FiO+LS or the Optical Design and Fabrication Congress.