第一阶段的胜出者是：
Jarkko Antila, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 基于MEMS的红外光谱仪
Christopher Fraker, Diabetes Research Institute, 细胞培养环境的氧气浓度裁剪
Matthew Gunn, Aberystwyth University, 经济型超光谱成像器
Guifang Li, CREOL/The School of Optics at the University of Central Florida, The College of Optics & Photonics,新型可调节中红外激光光源
Zhiwen Liu, The Pennsylvania State University, 菲涅尔光谱仪小型化