SPIE scholarships are available to students located anywhere in the world, in high school (pre-university/secondary), community and technical colleges, as well as undergraduate and graduate university programs, who are studying in a related field of optics and photonics.
The scholarship award amount ranges from US $3,000 to US $11,000 and supports tuition and fees, course-related expenses, such as fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by your institution.
The 2025 application is open. Apply by 15 February 2025.
Included in the portfolio of SPIE scholarships are the following:
View the 72 recipients of the 2024 SPIE scholarships, totaling US $303,000.
Applicants must meet the following requirements and eligibility in order for the application to be forwarded to the Committee for consideration.
All applicants will be notified via email of the results of their application in May or June.
Before applying, please make sure you have your SPIE login credentials to access the application. If you have forgotten your account information, please open this link and click "Forgot Username" and/or "Forgot Password" or contact scholarships@spie.org should you have any questions.
The key criterion in evaluating and ranking applications is the "prospect for long-term contribution that the granting of an award will make to the field of optics, photonics or related field." Need, in and of itself, shall not be considered as a criterion.
All scholarship applications are judged on their own merit, based on the experience and education level of the individual student. High school (pre-university, secondary school), community and technical, undergraduate, and graduate students will be judged relative to other applicants with similar educational backgrounds.
Annually, the deadline falls on February 15. All materials must be submitted by 5:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time) on this date. Start early!
All students will be notified of the results of their application in May/June.
Student Members are eligible to receive one (1) SPIE Scholarship for each academic level including high school, community and technical, undergraduate, Masters and PhD. If you received an SPIE Education Scholarship in previous year(s), your annual scholarship report(s) must be on file with SPIE. To confirm if your report is on file, contact scholarships@spie.org
If the information is available, feedback on the results of your application will be given upon request.
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