Awards & Medals Nominator's Guide
We recognize and celebrate the field's technical, research, engineering, education, business, leadership and service accomplishments. Our awards program spans all areas of optics and photonics, as well as contributions made to the community.
In the interest of efficiency and speed, all nominations are submitted online through BEAM, our Awards and Honors System.
Nomination Deadlines
10 April
Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award
13 May
Optica Treasurer's Award
30 June
Herbert Walther Award
30 June
Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award
10 August
John Tyndall Award
1 October
All other Awards & Medals
Awards/Medals with Extended Nomination Deadlines:
1 November
Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award
Emmett N. Leith Medal
Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award
Edgar D. Tillyer Award
Nomination Details
Important Note: The nominee does not participate in the nomination process. To maintain confidentiality, the necessary facts should be obtained from the nominee only if the complete and correct background information is not available elsewhere.
We serve a diverse and inclusive community worldwide. Nominees that reflect and support this diversity across all areas including gender, race, educational/institutional background and geography are especially encouraged.
Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize
Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award
Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award
Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award
Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize
The Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award
Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award
