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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 
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.
