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Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Scholarship

Optical Society of America
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About the Scholarship

Opens: 5/1/2025
Closes: 7/1/2025

Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Scholarship provides financial assistance to U.S. and Canadian graduate students who are completing a degree in a field related to optics.

Win up to
$3,000
  • Essay Required: No
  • Need-Based: No
  • Merit-Based: No
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Requirements
  • This program is open to full-time graduate students who are in the final stages of completing a doctoral degree in astronomy, chemistry (odd-numbered years only), electrical engineering, medical physics, optics, photonics, or physics.
  • In evennumbered years, applicants must be a member of the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP); in odd-numbered years, they must be a member of the Optical Society of America (OSA).
  • They must have at least 1 publication in a peerreviewed journal that is recognized by the awarding society; have made at least 1 conference presentation at a scientific meeting recognized by the awarding society; have an accepted submission (in the year of the award) at the annual meeting of the awarding society; and be able to demonstrate community service, including (but not limited to) leadership in a student association at the undergraduate or graduate level.
  • Selection is based on quality of scholarship documentation written by the student, quality of the accepted submission to the awarding society's annual meeting, academic and research performance, and community service to the optics or physics community.

    • Details

    Location
    • Country: CA, US
    Intended Area of Study
    Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Laser Science, Physics
    Affiliations
    Optical Society of America, Canadian Association of Physics

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