The Optical Society

OSA Foundation Student Travel Grant Application

The OSA Foundation is pleased to offer travel grants to students working or studying in a qualifying developing nation who plan to attend Frontiers in Optics (FiO) and OSA-managed Topical Meetings. Travel grants average $1,000 USD per award.

To apply for a grant please complete the form below. See the Web page for the meeting you are interested in attending for application deadlines.


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Section 1 - Contact Information

First/Given Name*:  

Middle Initial:

Last/Family Name*:  

Mailing Address 1*:  

Address 2:

City*:  

State/Province: Other Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Postal Code*:  

Country*: -- United States Afganistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antiqua Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Brunei Buenos Aries Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Island Cayman Islands Central African Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos Islands Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England, Great Britain, UK Equat. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faeroe Island Falkland Fiji Islands Finland France French Antilles French Guiana Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Rep. Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadaloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea North Korea South Kuwait Kyrgystan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Island Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Naur Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Ant Nevis New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Norway Pakistan Palau Panama Papau New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippenes Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Island Romania Russia Rwanda Saipan San Marino Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Republic Seychelles Island Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Kitts St. Lucia St. Vincent Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Syria2 Taiwan Tajikstan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Islands Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Republic Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands St. Croix, St. John Wallis & Futuna Western Samoa Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe  

Email Address*:    

Telephone Number:

OSA Member Number (if applicable):

Section 2 - University/College Information

Name of the institution where you are currently enrolled*:
 

Web site/URL of the institution (if applicable):

What is your area of study/specialty (10 word limit)*:
 

Expected graduation date (month & year)*:  

What type of degree are you currently pursuing?*:
Associate Bachelor Masters Doctorate Other  

Student Identification/Enrollment Number(if applicable):

Section 3 - Meeting Information

Meeting you'd like to attend*:
(The OSAF only provides travel support for the meetings listed in the drop-down menu. If the meeting you wish to attend is not listed please contact the meeting managers/organizers for assistance.)
Advanced Solid-State Photonics (ASSP) Advances In Optical Materials (AIOM) Access Networks & In-house Communications (ANIC) Adaptive Optics (AO) Advanced Solar Materials and Nanostructures for Photovoltaics (PV) Applied Industrial Optics (AIO) Bio Optics: Design and Application Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (COSI) Fiber Laser Applications (FILAS) Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (FTS) Frontiers in Optics (FiO) High Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena Hyperspectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment (HISE) Imaging Systems Applications Integrated Photonics Research (IPR) Nonlinear Optics Novel Techniques in Microscopy (NTM) Optical Instrumentation for Energy & Environmental Optical Molecular Probes, Imaging and Drug Delivery Optical Trapping Applications (OTA) Optics for Solar Energy (SOLAR) Optics in Neuroscience Signal Processing in Photonics Communications (SPPComm) Signal Recovery & Synthesis (SRS) Slow and Fast Light Solid State Organic Lighting (SOLED)  

Estimated travel expenses*:  

How will attending this meeting benefit your studies and career (200 word limit)*:
 

Title of Paper/Poster submitted (if applicable):

Paper abstract/poster description (35 word limit):

Important Note - Completing the fields above does not constitute a submission to the meeting. If you would like to submit a paper/poster to the meeting, you must use the submission site on the meeting's web page and follow all instructions. View a list of meetings.

Section 4 - Advisor Information

Advisor's name*:  

Advisor's email address*:    

Statement from advisor demonstrating need and stating the benefit to you for attending the meeting*:
 

Section 5 - Resume/CV

Please paste a short resume or CV in the box below:

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