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VISTAKON® Award of Excellence
Purpose
To recognize outstanding student clinicians who have demonstrated excellence in contact lens patient care during their optometric education.
Award
One $1,000 award and personalized plaque is awarded to a graduating fourth year student at each of the schools and colleges of Optometry in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
Criteria
Outstanding clinical patient care as demonstrated by the student’s: (a) overall knowledge in the contact lens field, and (b) skillful, considerate and professional care of his/her contact lens patients.
Application and Review Procedures
The appropriate award selection committee at each of the schools/colleges of optometry will select the one student who meets the eligibility requirements and best demonstrates the qualities detailed in the above criteria. The AOF will not accept applications directly from students.
Notification and Conferment
Each school or college will contact its award winners. The AOF will send the award to the school or college or directly to the student. Likewise, depending on the prevailing policy of the school or college, checks may be made out directly to the student or to institution for application to the student’s financial aid. In either case, a W9 form (or W-8BEN if non-U.S. resident) must be submitted or be on file. Awards are generally mailed by the end of May. If permissible, the award presentation will be made by a Vistakon representative, assigned to each specific school or college of optometry, at the institution’s awards ceremony.
Nomination
The nomination form will be released to institution contacts via email prior to the opening of the submission window. Completed nomination forms must emailed to with the subject line: Vistakon AOE plus institution name.
The submission window for is now open!
Deadline is April 16, 2010
Please direct any questions to Tracy Kitts, Foundation Coordinator, at: or (301) 984-4734.
American Optometric Foundation Announces 2009 VISTAKON Award of Excellence Recipients
June 08, 2009
To view a complete list of recipients please follow the link:
For any questions or more information on Foundation programs, please contact Tracy Kitts, Foundation Coordinator, 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 506, Rockville, MD 20852; (301) 984-4734 or TracyK@aaoptom.org.
