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Awards, Fellows and Honorary Members

The Optical Society of America recognizes distinguished achievement in the field of optics through the presentation of awards and honors.

Categories of recognition include:

For nomination forms, please visit the OSA Awards Nomination page or download information.

Nominations are now closed for all 2010 awards. The 2010 recipients will be announced in March 2010.

The deadline for receipt of most award nominations is October 1 (for awards to be presented the following year). Nominations received after the deadline or those that are incomplete will be held for consideration the following year. The next two consecutive committees automatically consider any nominee not selected for the award. Award recipients are announced in March of the year following the nomination deadline.

OSA’s awards and medals program is endowed through the OSA Foundation (OSAF). The Foundation is proud to support OSA’s prestigious awards and medals program and recognize outstanding contributions in optics and photonics. For more information about the OSA Foundation, please contact staff at foundation@osa.org.

2009 Award & Medal Winners

For more information contact:

Executive Office/Awards
2010 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Tel: +1 202.416.1960
Fax: +1 202.416.6134
awards@osa.org