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In this issue: Watch our OSA100 video, become a traveling lecturer, grant, fellowship, meeting opportunities and more.
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What a great opportunity to share this occasion with our members and engage the entire optics and photonics community. Watch our new OSA100 video.
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Quantum Optics Researcher Mikhail Lukin Wins Springer Prize for Applied Physics
 Mikhail Lukin, quantum optics and nanophotonics researcher and OSA Fellow, was awarded the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics for his pioneering efforts in the use of quantum optical processes and devices for implementing the ideas of quantum information science. Lukin is a professor at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., US. The award was presented by the academic publisher, Springer Nature.
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OSA Congratulates the Optical Society of Japan
Past OSA President, Jim Wyant joined the Optical Society of Japan's (OSJ) annual conference, Optics and Photonics Japan, back in October. In addition to presenting a plenary talk, Jim took the opportunity during the conference banquet to congratulate the OSJ on its new status as an independent society. The Optical Society and OSJ have an active Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the cooperation between the two societies.
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Are you interested in traveling and providing student chapters and local sections with technical lectures? The OSA Traveling Lecturer Program provides over 80 lectures each year and subsidizes travel expenses for speakers. Becoming a Traveling Lecturer is as simple as updating your profile in the “my account” section on OSA.ORG and selecting the “participation” and “become a traveling lecture” link. You will then be asked to provide discussion topics and speaker credentials.
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Deadline: 5 February 2016
The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and commitment to serving as role models for younger generations. The application will open on Monday, November 30, 2015. [more]
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Deadline: 29 February 2016
If you have significant professional experience in the optics and photonics field, you are encouraged to request the OSA Senior Member designation in recognition of your accomplishments. Visit www.osa.org/seniormember to find out more.
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Deadline: 13 January 2016
The OSA International Council is accepting proposals for co-sponsorship of the 2016 meetings taking place in developing nations. Priority will be given to new meetings/events. Financial support is not intended to fully underwrite a meeting and should be used for student prizes or to directly support the student, invited speaker and/or attendee participation.
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Deadline: 8 January 2016, 11:59 p.m. (EST)
Looking to combine your interest in policy with your science background? Become an OSA Congressional Fellow. OSA hosts two fellowships – one with the Materials Research Society and the other with SPIE. The program is a unique opportunity for scientists and engineers to gain experience in public policy and to help influence decision makers. Congressional Fellows spend one year on Capitol Hill working as special legislative assistants on the staff of a member of Congress or Congressional Committee.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. by 1 September 2016 to be eligible. Mid and late-career applicants are encouraged to also apply. A competitive salary and a health insurance/travel stipend are provided.
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Deadline: 7 January 2016
30 March – 5 April 2016
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), with the co-sponsorship of the American Physical Society (APS) and the Institute of Physics (lOP), will organize this one-week intensive Workshop, designed for physicists and engineers from developing countries who are interested in learning entrepreneurial skills to commercialize their scientific inventions. There is no registration fee.
Candidates can access the Online Application from the activity website or contact the workshop secretariat Ms. Nicoletta Ivanissevich at e-mail: smr2815@ictp.it.
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Deadline: 13 January 2016
The OSA Fellow Lecturer Program has been sending Fellows to developing nations to help foster optics programs for over a decade. Each year, OSA’s International Council awards approximately six (6) grants to. Next year, as OSA celebrates its 100th anniversary, the Fellow Lecturer Program will be sending its 100th lecturer abroad – and it could be you! Submit your applications to be considered.
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Deadline: 31 December 2015
Applications and nominations are being accepted for the Berthold Leibinger innovation prize, honoring implemented inventions or technical development in applied laser technology. The ninth call for the innovation prize falls during the UNESCO's International Year of Light.
Eligibility Requirements: Individuals and global project groups with innovations whose main development efforts and market potential lies in the application or generating of laser light.
Prize money: First prize: 30.000 €, Second prize: 20.000 €, Third prize: 10.000 €
Learn More and Submit Your Application Today
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20 March 2016
Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) Anaheim, CA, US
The new American Institute for Manufacturing Photonics (AIM Photonics) is a manufacturing consortium, with funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD), New York State, and industrial partners to advance the state of the art in the design, manufacture, testing, assembly, and packaging of integrated photonic devices. More than $110 million federal investment and $500 million in non-federal funds make AIM Photonics the largest investment to date in President Barack Obama's National Network of Manufacturing Institutes (NNMI).
Michael Liehr, will describe the technical goals, operational framework, near-term milestones, and opportunities for the broader photonics community.
Secure your seat for the workshop, learn about opportunities for your company and:
- Get a complete overview of integrated photonics in high-volume packaging
- Learn and network with the top experts in the field
- Attend three presentation sessions, one discussion session, lunch, poster display, and special evening networking event
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NTRP Seeks Input to Online Surveys for Roadmapping Effort
 The U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) is funding a program at the University of Rochester to develop a set of technology roadmaps for the photonics industry, called the NTRP (National Technology Roadmap for Photonics). This effort is part of NIST's Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) program. The NTRP is developing roadmaps for optics, lasers, imaging & sensing, biophotonics, and displays to represent the technologies and applications of photonics. A separate AMTech award is funding roadmap development for integrated photonics through a team led by MIT and iNEMI called the PSMC (Photonic Systems Manufacturing Consortium).
To allow for broad public input to the NTRP roadmaps, the NTRP created a set of short online surveys residing at www.ntrp.us. OSA Industry Development Associates is a cosponsor of the NTRP and invites you to contribute to the roadmap development by taking these short surveys. Please indicate if there is any further interest in contributing to roadmap development through the NTRP.
For more information, go to www.ntrp.us or contact Paul Ballantine, the Executive Director of the Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences at the University of Rochester
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 This month in Optics & Photonics News we have two annual features: our review of the Year in Optics, with summaries highlighting 30 standout research findings; and the results of our yearly photo contest, featuring images from OPN readers. Also, explore Q&As with four participants in the new AIM Photonics initiative; a Viewpoint from Tuan Vo-Dinh on how photonics is empowering the developing world; and more.
Check out the issue.
Credit: Image by Eric Proctor, Prudhvi Gurram, Nathaniel Short, Shuowen Hu and Alex Yuffa
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