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2018 Call for Courses Closes January 31st
The Lectures and Workshops Committee invites you to submit up to three course proposals, to include any Rapid Fire proposals, for consideration for Academy 2018 San Antonio. In addition, you may also submit up to three cases for Grand Rounds sessions. The submission window closes on January 31, 2018. Learn more...
Call for 2018 Awards Nominations

Fellows, help your mentor, colleague or friend earn the recognition they deserve for their achievements and nominate them for a 2018 American Academy of Optometry Award. The deadline for nominations is Sunday, April 1, 2018. Award descriptions and guidelines for nominations can be found on the Awards webpage.  
Student Travel Fellowships Available for ARVO 2018

Through a generous grant from Johnson & Johnson Vision, the Academy is pleased to provide a limited number of $750 student travel fellowships to student members attending the ARVO meeting to present their research. The application window will be open from February 20 to March 5, 2018Learn more...
Board of Directors Nominations Due April 3

This is an election year for the Academy Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee is working to develop a slate of candidates for the next Board of Directors election at Academy 2018 San Antonio. They are seeking your help with names of potential candidates who are Fellows of the Academy and have, in your opinion, the experience and demonstrated leadership abilities to be considered for the Academy Board. If you are an Academy Fellow and you know of Fellows willing and able to serve the Academy in this leadership capacity, please submit the name(s) by April 3, 2018 to Bonnie Rizzo at  BonnieR@aaoptom.org.
2018 Academy Funding Opportunities for Cutting-Edge Research

The Academy is pleased to offer the following funding opportunities in 2018 to support cutting-edge optometric research.  If you have any questions about these initiatives, feel free to contact Helen Viksnins at HelenV@aaoptom.org.
Clinical Research Award

Nearly half of Academy Fellows are in private practice, and 87% are engaged in direct patient care. Academy Fellows are keenly aware of the unmet needs of their patients and limits to current diagnosis and treatment options. The Clinical Research Award is provided to assist Fellows in conducting a research project that addresses a relevant clinical question and has the potential to positively impact patient care in optometry. Letters of intent are due April 13, 2018.

For details about the award please visit http://bit.ly/2018cra.
 


Career Development Award

It has been recognized for some time that young investigators, including optometric investigators, take many years after the inception of their careers before successfully acquiring Federal research funding. In fact, the mean age of first time National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantees is over 40 years of age. In a continued effort to positively influence and reduce the age at which early stage optometric researchers attain large scale federal support, the Academy will administer the Career Development Award again this year. Letters of intent are due February 3, 2018.

For details about the award please visit http://bit.ly/2018cda.


American Academy of Optometry Foundation News

   
William C. Ezell Fellowship

The submission window for the William C. Ezell Fellowship closes January 26, 2018. Do not miss the opportunity to become a part of an elite group within the profession. 

The Ezell Fellowship program is extremely competitive. There are approximately 40 applicants for an estimated nine to eleven fellowships given each year. Fellowships focus on specialized areas of research, such as glaucoma, cornea and contact lenses, and binocular vision and pediatrics.  Learn more...



Jill and George Mertz Fellowship

The American Academy of Optometry Foundation would like to announce that the deadline for the Jill and George Mertz Fellowship has been extended to March 30, 2018

The Jill and George Mertz Fellowship is designed to favor an individual who has recently completed his/her optometric or vision science training or someone in the middle of a successful career. A stipend of $30,000 is to be awarded in 2018 (for the recipient via AAOF funds issued to the host institution) in support of travel and study for a set period at another institution of no less than one academic quarter or semester.  Learn more...



Optometry and Vision Science Journal Highlight

The feature article in the January 2018 article of OVS is titled "Tear-Film Evaporation Rate from Simultaneous Ocular-Surface Temperature and Tear-Breakup Area," by Thomas J. Dursch et al.

Access your subscription to OVS online.


The All of Us Research Program, coordinated by the National Institutes of Health, is a historic effort to gather data from one million or more people living in the United States to accelerate research and improve healt h.  Learn more...


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