The ACVO Vision for Animals Foundation will offer 5-7 research grants to ACVO-approved residents in areas of veterinary ophthalmology for 2010-2011. Proposals must be received digitally via email by September 15, 2010 (funding period begins November 1, 2010). All successful proposals will be announced in October 2010 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.
The ACVO Vision for Animals Foundation is proud to have funded $146,668.88 in grants over the past seven 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.)
Be sure to follow these guidelines and 'cover' instructions exactly to ensure consideration.
Application Guidelines - 2010 (Word)
Application Guidelines - 2010 (pdf)
The Grant Committee has also supplied suggested application forms (MS Word) to assist you in the process. These forms are not required for use but are suggestions as to what might be used. Stronger consideration will not be given to those using the forms.
Questions as to the scope or goals for a proposal and
application forms should be addressed to 
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Grant submission deadline: Must be received via email in office by Midnight, September 15, 2010. All submissions must be sent in a digital format this year. That includes signed sections of the document. Please complete, sign, scan to pdf and email. Thank you.