Application Information

How To Apply

Submit a paper to FiO+LS and opt into the competition. Learn more on the conference website.

Important Dates

The submitting author must opt-in to the competition during the regular paper submission process and follow all of the instructions provided on the submission site.
Paper Submission Deadline: 07 July 2022

Applicant Requirements

• Be the presenter of an accepted paper/poster at the meeting that includes research in the areas of optical engineering, lens design and/or illumination design. (Note: preference is given to oral presentations, but posters are eligible as well.) Applicants are encouraged to include graphics created using either CODE V® or LightTools®.
• 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.
• Be a current member.

Application Requirements

• CV/Resume (no more than three pages)
• Personal Statement (250 words or less)
• Accepted Paper and Abstract
• One letter of support from head of group leader, department of lab lead or PI

Past Recipients

• 2021 - Due to Covid-19 the travel grant was approved to support 22 student registrations at the Optica Optical Design & Fabrication Congress. 
• 2020 - Due to Covid-19 the travel grant was approved to support 31 student presenter registrations at the FIO virtual meeting.
• Philippe Guay, Université Laval, Canada (2019)
• Shun Fujii, Keio University, Japan (2019)
• Xinyang Su, Beijing Jiaotong University, China (2019)
• Ayan Chattopadhyay, Princeton University, USA  (2018) 
• Abhijit Roy, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India  (2018) 
• Ashutosh Singhal and Nisha Nisha, Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering, India  (2018) 
• Rebecca Berman, University of Rochester, USA  (2017) 
• Niamh Fitzgerald, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland (2017)
• Yang Zhao, University of Rochester, USA (2017)
• Jin-hui Chen, Nanjing University, China  (2016)
• Ahmed H. Dorrah, University of Toronto, Canada  (2016) 
• Denise Valente dos Santos, University College Dublin, Ireland  (2016) 
• Haoran Ren, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia  (2015)
• Nithyanandan K., Pondicherry University, India (2015)
• Peng Wang, University of Utah, US (2015)
• Tamer Elazhary, University of Arizona, US (2014)
• Aaron Bauer, University of Rochester, US (2014)
• Stacey Sueoka, University of Arizona, US (2014)
• Julie Kho, University of Auckland, New Zealand  (2013)
• Doron Bar-Lev, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (2013)
• Stephen J. Olivas, University of California, San Diego, US (2013)
• Benjamin Alonso, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (2012)
• Matthew Barnum, University of Arizona, US (2012)
• Anthony Visconti, University of Rochester, US (2012)
• Sergio Carbajo, Colorado State University, US (2011)
• Ying Geng, University of Rochester, US (2011)
• Vyas Akondi, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India (2011)
• Amber Beckley, University of Rochester, US (2010)
• Joshua Kim, University of Arizona, US (2010)
• Garam Yun, University of Arizona, US (2010)

Contributors

We thank the Optical Solutions Group at Synopsys for their sponsorship of this program.