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Student Resources

We offer a variety of financial aid, fellowships, assistantships and professional development. Let us know how we can support you.


Clare Booth Luce Fellowship

Awarded to highly qualified women who are doctoral candidates (or, in some cases, candidates for a master's or other specialized graduate or professional degree) in any of the scientific or engineering fields (i.e., electrical, mechanical, materials and other engineering disciplines). Open to U.S. citizens only. For more information, contact your department chair.

Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute Fellowships

DAGSI will award up to 15 three-year fellowships to new doctoral students studying engineering or computer science at one of the three member institutions — the Air Force Institute of Technology, the University of Dayton or Wright State University. These fellowships support full-time, research-based doctoral study and will be awarded to candidates with exceptional demonstrated capability and aptitude. Awards include a stipend of $27,500 plus full tuition for three years of study and research. Candidates will be invited to visit the three DAGSI campuses before the awards are announced. For more details on eligibility and the application process, please visit the DAGSI web site.

Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute Scholarships

Full-tuition scholarships are available for both part-time and full-time graduate students in engineering. For highly qualified, full-time doctoral students, opportunities exist for full-tuition with yearly stipend. Applications for the DAGSI Scholarship will ONLY be accepted online. Supporting documentation may be submitted to your home institution.
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Electro-optics Assistantships

The electro-optics program offers two types of assistantships: teaching and research. The teaching assistantships are usually done in collaboration with the physics department. Research assistantships are given based on a student's research interest. Each assistantship may include a stipend and tuition remission. Most assistantship contracts are given for a year or less and vary in funding. Indicate your interest in an assistantship when completing page two of the Application for Graduate Admission online. For more details, please contact the electro-optics program.
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Hans von Ohain Fellowship

Awarded to a full-time doctoral student with excellent academic credentials who is interested in entering the aerospace profession. Must be a native-born American. For more information, contact your department chair.

Ohio Space Grant Consortium Fellowships

Master and doctoral fellowships are open to U.S. citizens enrolled in a graduate engineering degree program.
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Optical Society of America

OSA promotes the generation, application and archiving of knowledge in optics and photonics and to disseminate this knowledge worldwide. The purposes of the Society are scientific, technical and educational.

Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers

SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light.