Job Description: SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. Serving more than 188,000 constituents from 138 countries, the Society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career and professional growth. SPIE annually organizes and sponsors approximately 25 major technical forums, exhibitions, and education programs in North America, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific.
In 2009, the Society provided more than $2 million in support of scholarships, grants, and other education programs around the world.
SPIE publishes the SPIE Digital Library, containing more than 290,000 research papers from the Proceedings of SPIE and the Society’s 9 scholarly journals with around 18,000 new papers added each year, and more than 120 eBooks from the SPIE Press catalog.
Membership includes Fellows and Senior Member programs. The Society has named more than 840 SPIE members as Fellows since 1955, and implemented its Senior Member program in 2008.
SPIE’s awards program serves to recognize outstanding contributions from individuals throughout the scientific community regardless of membership status.

Through 2009 SPIE has distributed over $2.8 million in scholarships to 1,233 students across 86 countries.
Application Deadline 15January2011

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