Soileau Family - SPIE Optics and Photonics Undergraduate Scholarship

The Soileau Family – SPIE Optics and Photonics Undergraduate Scholarship is open to undergraduate Photonic Science and Engineering students.
Students can receive up to $2500 awarded over four semesters, dependent on maintaining a 3.0 GPA and making satisfactory progress in the major without a break (excluding summer):

Funding Levels:
Semester in which each class is taken | Funding Amount
Semester 1 | $500
Semester 2 | $500
Semester 3 | $500
Semester 4 | $1000

Eligibility criteria:

• Photonic Science and Engineering Pending or Major
• Currently enrolled or have completed MAC 2311C, Calculus I
• Has not completed OSE 3052 Foundations of Photonics
• A 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA. (See your myKnight Audit)
• A 3.0 or higher GPA in Calculus, Physics, and Chemistry courses.

Preference given to:

• First Generation in College Student
• Unmet financial need (as outlined here: https://www.ucf.edu/financial-aid/cost/)

Continuation Criteria

• Maintain at least a 3.0 GPA or higher each semester in Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering coursework
• Making expected progress in the PSE major in Fall and Spring semesters, without a break in Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering coursework.

Maximum cumulative award is $2500
Awards given only in Fall and Spring Semesters