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SPIE Startup Challenge

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SPIE Digital Library

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SPIE Global Salary Report

Global Salary Report

Learn how your pay compares to that of your counterparts, top paying industries, how gender impacts wages, and more.

SPIE Industry Report

Industry Report

This benchmark study offers in-depth assessment of the global industry producing core photonics components.

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Funding opportunities

2022 Yaver Scholarship recipient Oleksandra Ivashchenko

Joe and Agnete Yaver Memorial Scholarship

This $10,000 scholarship is available to SPIE Members and staff who wish to pursue a business education that furthers optics and photonics technology.

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SPIE-Franz Hillenkamp Fellowship

This annual award of $75,000 is available to investigators who work to improve human health through the use of biomedical optics and biophotonics technologies.

SPIE Outreach Grant Recipients

Outreach and activity grants

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