Student Scholarships, Prizes & Travel Grants
Foundation
Scholarships, Prizes & Travel Grants
Access resources for students to continue their education, gain new experiences and make advances in research.
Foundation
Scholarships & Prizes
Amplify Scholarship
Invests in underrepresented graduate students through scholarship support and access to Optica's global network.
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.
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.
Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition
Recognizes student excellence at Frontiers In Optics (FiO).
Paul Anthony Bonenfant Memorial Scholarship
Helps students expand their cultural perspectives and study abroad.
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.
Travel Grants
Corning Women in Optical Communications Travel Grant
For women scientists attending OFC, the premier event in telecom and data center optics.
CLEO Incubic Milton Chang Travel Grant
Present research at CLEO.
Jean Bennett Memorial Student Travel Grant
Present research at FiO+LS.
FiO + LS Incubic Milton Chang Travel Grant
Present research at FiO+LS.
Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Student Travel Grant
Present research at FiO+LS or the Optical Design and Fabrication Congress.