Jean Bennett
Memorial Student Travel Grant
This program was established in 2008, in memory of Jean M. Bennett, a highly decorated research physicist who was recognized for her contributions to the studies of optical surfaces and served as OSA’s first female president.
One grant of $1,000 USD will be awarded to a student member presenting their work at Frontiers in Optics in recognition of their research excellence.
This competition is made possible through the generous support of Nanoptek Corporation, the Pennsylvania State University Department of Physics and individual contributors, including: James C. Wyant, Alexander A. Sawchuk, G. Michael and Ruth Morris, Aden B. Meinel, Julio R. Blanco, Yoshiharu Namba, Leo Hollberg, Siu Au Lee and Dr. Kathleen Richardson.
Requirements
- Apply at the time of paper submission
- Applicant must be the presenter of a paper or poster accepted at FiO
- Applicant must be a member of OSA.
- Applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student of an educational institution of collegiate grade who is devoting more than half-time to studies within the institution at the time the paper was written.
Recipients
2017
Aonan Zhang
Nanjing University, China
2016
Roxana Rezvani Naraghi
University of Central Florida, USA
2015
Zi Jing Wong
University of Callifornia, Berkeley, USA
2014
Christopher Edwards
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
2013
Laszlo Gyongyosi
Budapest University of Technology, Hungary
2012
Emma Wisniewski-Barker
University of Glasgow, UK
2011
Micha Nixon
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2010
Tongcang Li
University of Texas at Austin, USA