Optical components supplier !%Edmund Optics%! of Barrington, N.J., has expanded its annual Higher Education Grant Program to include university optics programs in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The program will donate more than $60,000 in products, including e10,000 worth to university programs in Europe, plus a trip to Vision 2011 in Stuttgart, Germany; $22,500 to programs in Asia; and $22,500 to programs in the Americas. The American grants will support outstanding undergraduate and graduate optics programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at nonprofit colleges and universities. Applications can be found on the company’s website and must be submitted by June 30, 2011.