Student Travel Grants
We are pleased to offer travel grants to students interested in attending Frontiers in Optics, OSA's Annual Meeting or an OSA-managed topical meeting. Travel grants average $1,500 USD per award.
Criteria for eligibility
All applicants must:
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Be working or studying in a qualifying developing nation
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Be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program
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Demonstrate need for travel support and state the value of attending the conference
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Agree that if they are selected as a travel grant recipient the OSA Foundation (OSAF) may use their name, photo, and the information provided in their trip report to promote OSAF programs and solicit donations. This information may be used online, in print and email and in other OSAF communication vehicles.
Complete the online application to apply for a travel grant .
2013 Student Travel Grant Meeting Opportunities
Digital Holography & 3D Imaging, Hawaii-(April 21-25)
Deadline for Grant Application has passed.
Optics in Life Science, Hawaii (April 15-18)
Deadline for Grant Application has passed.
Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (FTS)
Optical Trapping Applications (OTA)
Novel Techniques in Microscopy (NTM)
Bio-Optics: Design and Application (BODA)
Optical Molecular Probes, Imaging and Drug Delivery (OMP)
European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (May 12-16)
Deadline for Grant Application has passed.
Optical Interference Coating, Whistler, BC, Canada - (June 16-21)
Deadline for Grant Application has passed.
Imaging and Applied Optics, Arlington, VA, USA- (June 23-27)
Deadline for Grant Application has passed. However, if you have an accepted paper for this conference, you may be eligible for Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Student Travel Grant. Application deadline is 7 May 2013.
Imaging Systems Applications (IS)
Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging, & Metrology (AIO)
Hyperspectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment (HISE)
Computational Optical Imaging and Sensing (COSI)
Adaptive Optics; Methods, Analysis and Applications (AO)
Advanced Photonics, San Juan, Puerto Rico - (July 14-19)
Deadline for Grant Application is 17 May 2013.
Photonic Networks and Devices (PND)
Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon, and Nano-Photonics (IPR)
Optical Sensors (SENSORS)
Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPComm)
Nonlinear Optics, Kohala Coast, Hawaii- (July 21-26)
Deadline for Grant Application is 24 May 2013.
FiO, Orlando, FL, USA- (October 14-18)
Deadline for Grant Application is 1 August 2013.
Advanced Solid-State Lasers, TBD- (October 25-Nov 1)
Deadline for Grant Application is 23 August 2013.
Sources (previously ASSP)
Materials (previously AIOM)
Applications (previously FILAS)
Renewable Energy and the Environment, Tucson, AZ USA-(November 3-7)
Deadline for Grant Application is 30 August 2013.
Solid State and Organic Lighting (SOLED)
Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV)
Optical Instrumentation for Energy and Environmental Applications (E2)
Optics for Solar Energy (SOLAR)
You are not required to be a conference presenter or an OSA Student Member to apply for a travel grant. However, preference is given to Members and all applicants are encouraged to submit a paper for oral or poster presentation.
If you have any questions please contact our staff. The meeting chairs will review all qualified applications and applicants will be notified of the results via email.