The SPIE Student Awards program focuses on rewarding students who demonstrate excellence in the optics and photonics community. View our current award below, and check back for more awards slated to come in the future.
Established in 2022, this annual award is a way to show the Society's appreciation for our student chapters and their critical contributions to the optics and photonics community.
The recipient will be an SPIE Student Chapter that demonstrates an exceptional level of participation; enthusiasm; program quality; professionalism; and involvement in their institution, the local community, and the larger SPIE community. Further emphasis is placed on robust outreach to undergraduate students, community service, increased technical education efforts, and developing an engaged — and engaging — chapter community.
As the recipient chapter, five members of the student chapter and their faculty advisor will be invited to attend SPIE Optics + Photonics in their recipient year, where they will represent their chapter at the annual Society Awards banquet. Travel and hotel costs will be provided for these five representatives (up to $2,000 per person).
To be considered for this award, SPIE Student Chapters must:
Congratulations to the SPIE Student Chapter at Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) for earning the first-ever Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter in 2022.