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Overview of Scholarships, Awards and Grants

The American Optometric Foundation offers many scholarship and research opportunities.

To learn more about various opportunities for scholarships, awards and grants, please select from the following: 

Program   2010 Deadline    Awards Made Last Year
Carl Zeiss Vision Fellowships    March 1    Nineteen $5,000 fellowships
Ezell Fellowships    March 12    Twelve $8,000 fellowships
Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award    April 2    Austin Roorda
Michael G. Harris Educator Award    April 2     Gunilla Haegerstrom-Portnoy
The Julius F. Neumueller Award in Optics    April 2     Not awarded
Vistakon Awards of Excellence    April 16*    Nineteen $1,000 awards
Antoinette Molinari Memorial Scholarship    June 4    $6,000
Vincent Salierno Scholarship    June 4*    Two $2,000 scholarships
Vistakon Research Grants    July 9    $35,000
J. Pat Cummings Acuvue Scholarship    September 10*    Nineteen $1,000 awards
Essilor Optical Technology Grants    September 3    Three $20,000 grants
Vistakon Pediatric Optometry Residency Awards    December 4     Two $4,000 awards
Vistakon Contact Lens Residency Award    December 4     Four $4,000 awards
Hopkins Primary Care Residency Award    TBA    New program
Rosemore Low Vision Grants    TBA    New program

 

* indicates that selection is made by institution and the AOF does not accept applications from individuals

Acknowledgement of Submissions

You should receive an email confirming receipt of your electronic application submission. If you do not receive an email, please send email to Email AOF Awards prior to the submission deadline, thank you.

Costs

The AOF is a non-profit organization and our policy is not to cover any overhead/indirect costs associated with other of our programs. This policy applies uniformly to all award recipients.