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20 December 2012
OSA Foundation to Provide 22 Student Travel Grants in 2013
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Lyndsay Meyer
The Optical Society
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OSA Foundation to Provide 22 Student Travel Grants in 2013
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2012– The OSA Foundation (OSAF) announced today its Student Travel Grant Program opportunities for 2013. The OSAF Student Travel Grant Program awards grants to students studying science in qualifying developing nations to attend OSA’s Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO), as well as OSA topical meetings and Optics and Photonics Congresses throughout the year. OSAF will provide 22 travel grants to nine meetings around the world next year.
Grants exist as part of a suite of OSAF programs that support optics education and outreach activities to advance youth science education, provide optics education and resources to underserved populations, provide career and professional development resources, and support awards and honors that recognize technical and business excellence. OSAF is a leading provider of grants for the optics and photonics community internationally.
“OSA meetings and conferences provide unique opportunities for students to connect with the global optics community and learn from innovators in academia and industry,” said OSA Foundation Board Chair G. Michael Morris. “Without these grants, many students might not have the opportunity to travel to OSA meetings and advance their careers. The OSA Foundation is pleased to offer grants that help offset travel costs and further our goal to inspire future generations of science, engineering and business leaders.”
Travel grant recipients are selected by the co-chairs of each meeting. Applications are based on the following criteria:
- Work or study in a qualifying developing nation
- Enrollment in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program
- Demonstrated need for travel support
- Statement on the value of attending the conference
- Optics in the Life Sciences Congress, April 14-18, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii, USA – 1 grant
- Digital Holography & 3-D Imaging (DH), April 21-25, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, USA – 2 grants
- Optical Interference Coatings (OIC), June 16-21, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada – 2 grants
- Imaging and Applied Optics Congress, June 23-27, Arlington, Va., USA – 3 grants
- Advanced Photonics Congress, July 14-19, San Juan, Puerto Rico – 1 grant
- Nonlinear Optics (NLO), July 21-26, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, USA – 1 grant
- Frontiers in Optics (FiO), Oct. 14-18, Orlando, Fla., USA – 10 grants
- Advanced Solid-State Lasers Congress, Oct. 27-Nov. 1, Paris, France – 1 grant
- Renewable Energy and the Environment Congress, Nov. 3 -7, Tucson, Ariz., USA– 1 grant
