Graduate Students
- OD/PhD Scholarship Program: The OD/PhD Scholarship Program funds optometrists receiving a PhD in eye and vision related fields. Deadline Feb. 1, 2025
- Ezell Fellowships: Since 1949, Ezell Fellowships have provided support to graduate students enrolled in a full-time program of study and training in vision-related research, which leads to a Master’s or PhD degree. Fellowships are for one year, and for the 2025 funding round, the award amount has increased to $10,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025
- Goss Optometry History Fellowship: Established in 2018, this $1,000 fellowship provides support to an individual pursuing research in optometric history. It enables an optometry history researcher or student’s ability to visit libraries, archives, and museums to further their research. Deadline: June 1, 2024
- Barr Early Career Cornea and Contact Lens Research Award: The research award provides a first- or second-year MS or PhD student in vision science or physiological optics $2,000 of seed funding for research in the area of cornea/ocular surface or contact lenses. Deadline: TBA
Faculty
- Beta Sigma Kappa Research Fellowship: This fellowship supports new optometric and vision science faculty research and optometric resident research. First awarded in 2012, the fellowship is designed to benefit individuals who are early in their career and whose academic curiosity has led them to seek answers to a vast variety of professionally-based questions covering a wide area of vision science, clinical practice, or eye related public health. Deadline: July 22, 2024
- Rosemore Low Vision Educational Grant: First awarded in 2012, this grant is intended to increase interest and reward excellence in the field of low vision of faculty at North American schools and colleges of optometry. The $1,000 grant may be used to provide care, support personnel, provide equipment, or to fill any other need in the field of low vision as identified by the institution and consistent with the AAOF mission. Deadline: June 3, 2024