SPIE career resources

Check out these hour-long discussions about how to overcome work-related challenges, improve your skills, contribute to a more inclusive work environment, and meet your career goals.

Practical information about wide-ranging professional-development topics. Find insight and tips relevant to all career stages, applicable across industry, academia, and government.

SPIE is your leading provider of optics and photonics training. Members get discounts on all courses and can take "Making the Most of Your Presentation" (WS897) and "Structuring Your Research Paper" (WS908) for free.

Find topics of special interest to optics and photonics professionals, including Sustainable Networking for Scientists and Engineers and How to Write a Good Scientific Paper.

Find training programs, resources, and other support as you pursue a technician career with laser, optics, or photonics.

Join the conversation with other Early Career Members and mentors for resources, guidance, news, networking, and collaboration in one convenient location.

Students, we’ve got you covered! Check out your space for community, resources, and funding opportunities to help pave your way as future leaders of optics and photonics.

Learn how your pay compares to that of your counterparts, how earnings in academia compare to industry, how gender impacts wages, and more.

This benchmark study offers in-depth assessment of the global manufacturing infrastructure that produces core photonics components.

Connect with colleagues in your field from around the world.

This $10,000 scholarship is available to SPIE Members and staff who wish to pursue a business education that furthers optics and photonics technology.

This annual award of $75,000 is available to investigators who work to improve human health through the use of biomedical optics and biophotonics technologies.

Submit your proposals to inspire others with optics and photonics.