Foundation

Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Scholarship

Established in 2011 by the OSAF and the Canadian Association of Physicists Educational Trust Fund (CAP-ETF), this program pays tribute to Boris P. Stoicheff, an internationally renowned laser spectroscopist who also served as President of OSA (1976) and CAP (1983-84).

The $3,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a graduate student who has demonstrated both research excellence and significant service to the optics or physics community.

The scholarship rotates annually between the OSAF and CAP Educational Trust Fund (CAP-ETF). The first scholarship was presented to Wilson Brenna, University of Waterloo, Canada during the 2012 CAP Congress at the University of Calgary, Canada.

The OSAF will present the 2013 during FiO. Please check back for information about applying for the 2013 Scholarship.

This program is made possible thanks to the support of donors and volunteers including Thorlabs, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Richard G. Brewer, Joseph and Shirley Eberly, Julie Fouquet and George Zdasiuk, Joseph Giordmaine, Dr. Kenneth O. Hill, Daniel Kleppner, Marc and Naomi Levenson, Aram Mooradian, Alexander Sawchuk, Y.R. Shen, George Stegeman, Henry van Driel, and Guangzhi Zhang.

Eligibility Criteria:

All applicants must:

• Be a student member in good standing of OSA.
• Be an accepted, registered or enrolled full time graduate student studying astronomy, chemistry, electrical engineering, medical physics, or an optics, photonics, or physics related subject.
• Have at least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal that is recognized by the awarding society.
• Have made at least one conference presentation at a scientific meeting recognized by OSA.
• Have an accepted submission at the 2013 FiO conference.
• Demonstrate community service, which may include but is not limited to: leadership in a student association or other student organization at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Application Materials Required for Submission:

• Copy of the abstract or paper submitted to the 2013 FiO conference.
• Description of community service activities.
• Statement explaining area of research.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV).
• Latest university transcripts.
• Two letters of recommendation.

A Very Special Thank You to Our Donors:

($1,000-$4,999)

Alexander  Sawchuk
Aram  Mooradian
Cynthia  Hyland
Daniel  Kleppner
Elsa  Garmire
George  Stegeman
Guangzhi  Zhang
Ivan  Kaminow
John  Hall
Joseph  Eberly
Joseph  Giordmaine
Julie  Fouquet
Katherine  Stoicheff Leigh
Kenneth  Hill
Marc  Levenson
Nicolaas  Bloembergen
Paul  Kelley
Richard  Brewer
Thorlabs Inc
Yuen-Ron  Shen