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You have until April 1 to apply for Prevent Blindness America?s Eighth Annual Investigator Awards.
Chicago-Eye researchers have until Friday, April 1, to apply for Prevent Blindness America’s (PBA’s) Eighth Annual Investigator Awards.
The 1-year research grants range from $10,000 to $30,000 and fund science-based research projects that seek to end unnecessary vision loss and blindness in the following areas of adult vision, children’s vision, or eye injury:
• The burden and economic aspects of eye disease and vision loss on society.
• Best practices to integrate vision screening and follow-up care into system care access.
• Vision program effectiveness and evaluation.
A panel of scientists, in coordination with the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, will determine grant recipients. For application information, visit www.preventblindness.org/research or call 800/331-2020.