The ACVO Vision for Animals Foundation will offer 5-7 research grants to ACVO-approved residents in areas of veterinary ophthalmology for 2008-2009. Proposals must be postmarked by 1 September 2008 (funding period begins 1 November 2008). All successful proposals will be announced in October 2008 at the annual ACVO meeting.
Residents must be in ACVO-approved residencies and sponsored by his/her ACVO mentor(s). Grants for up to $5,000 may be submitted. The ACVO-VAF will support research supplies, materials, limited equipment, publication and salary for technical support. The ACVO-VAF does not support the salary of the resident, salary of the faculty mentor, tuition, major equipment, or institutional indirect costs. Animal related experiments require approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee with the proposal submission. Results of the research must be presented at the annual ACVO meeting.
You will need to follow the guidelines provided here. Please note these have changed since the 2007 application process.
Questions as to the scope or goals for a proposal and application forms should be addressed to office08@acvo.org.
The ACVO Vision for Animals Foundation is proud to have funded $126,668.88 in grants over the past five years. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored residents in their ongoing research for the profession and the betterment of animals.
We have received results and/or updated reports on some of the funded research. As projects are completed more research results will become available. To view results, select the grant year and look for hyperlinks to results received. (Please note that not all researchers have submitted results to date.)