OSA Foundation Student Travel Grants

The OSA Foundation is pleased to offer travel grants to students working or studying in a qualifying developing nation who plan to attend Quantum-Atom Optics Downunder (QAO). Travel grants will average $1,000 US per award.

Application Deadline: September 17, 2007

Criteria for applicants:

Applicant must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program
Student must be applying for support to attend an OSA managed Topical Meeting or Frontiers in Optics (OSA's Annual Meeting)
Applicant must demonstrate need for travel support and state the value of attending the conference
A complete application from the student is required 90 days prior to the meeting start date
The student must be working or studying in a qualifying developing nation

Applications must include:

Name of meeting student will be attending
OSA Member Number (if applicable)
Full contact information from the student
Proof of enrollment – The student must be working or studying in a qualifying developing nation.
A letter from the student stating the benefit to them of attending the meeting
A letter from your advisor demonstrating need and stating the benefit to you for attending the meeting
A short resume or CV
A copy of the paper or description of the poster the student will be presenting at the conference (if applicable).
An approximation of anticipated expenses for attending the meeting

If the student is an author on a conference paper, a copy of the paper should be included. It is not required that the applicant is a conference presenter, but we encourage interested students to submit a paper for oral or poster presentation. You are not required to be an OSA Student Member to apply for a grant, but preference is given to members. For more information about Membership please click here.

Please note: Applicants must apply for a visa, if required. OSA can send a letter of invitation for US meetings, but has no influence on the process.

The application packet may be sent by email to foundationgrants@osa.org or mailed to:
OSA Meetings – Foundation Grants
2010 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC, 20036-1023
USA
The meeting chairs will review all qualified applications and applicants will be notified of the results via email.

Application Deadline: September 17, 2007

Qualified Developing Nations

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China (including Taiwan, but not Hong Kong )
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt, Arab Rep.
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Kyrgyz Republic
Lao PDR
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Macedonia, FYR
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia, Fed. Sts
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovak Republic
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, RB
Vietnam
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen, Rep.
Zambia
Zimbabwe