Welcome to NAEVR's Press Center, where you can learn about NAEVR's advocacy and AEVR's educational activities in support of adequate federal funding for eye and vision research. Click here to read NAEVR's E-Zine, or click here to read the NAEVR/AEVR Contributor Report

For press questions, contact NAEVR/AEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky at 240-221-2905 or jamesj@eyeresearch.org.

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July 19, 2010
AEVR Features International Researcher in September 23 Congressional Briefing During International AMD Awareness Week

July 15, 2010
Cong. Timothy Walz Issues Letter Asking House Colleagues to Support PRMR-Vision Funding at $10 Million in FY2011 Defense Appropriations

June 16, 2010
AEVR Co-Sponsors Congressional Briefing on Low Vision and Vision Rehabilitation

June 10, 2010
At Key Domestic and International Events, NAEVR Expands Its Advocacy Voice

May 13, 2010
NAEVR Commends Dr. Collins for Citing NEI's Human Gene Therapy Research in House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearings on FY2011 NIH Funding

May 12, 2010
Vision Community Testifies at House Citizen Witness Hearing on FY2011 NIH/NEI Appropriations

May 7, 2010
DOD Announces $10 Million in Awards From the Peer-Reviewed Medical Research-Vision Program in Defense Appropriations

April 8, 2010
NAEVR Submits Written Testimony to Senate and House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittees Supporting FY2011 NIH Funing at $35 Billion

April 6, 2010
AEVR's Decade of Vision 2010-2020 And the Foundation Fighting Blindness Host a Congressional Briefing on the Artificial Retina on Eve of Healthy Vision Month

March 15, 2010
NAEVR Submits NIH Listens Comments to Dr. Collins Citing Concerns About Future NIH/NEI Funding and Clustering of Institutes/Maintaining the NEI Budget Line

February 2, 2010
VSO Independent Budget Echoes NAEVR's Request Urging Congress to Fund Extramural Peer-Reviewed Vision Research at $10 Million in FY2011 Defense Appropriations

February 1, 2010
NAEVR Expresses Concern Over Presiden't Obama's Proposed FY2011 NIH/NEI Funding Levels and Urges Congress to Improve Upon These Numbers

January 29, 2010
NAEVR Releases FY2011 Funding Requests that Include $35 Billion for NIH and $10 Million for Extramural Peer-Reviewed Vision Research in Defense Appropriations

January 25, 2010
AEVR’s Decade of Vision 2010-2020 Initiative Announces First-Quarter 2010 Congressional Briefings on Defense-Related Vision Research and Glaucoma

2009

December 22, 2009
NAEVR Thanks Congress for Maintaining the Vision Line Item in FY2010 Defense Appropriations But Expresses Concern About Its Funding Level

December 14, 2009
NAEVR Thanks Congress for $18.5 Million Increase in NEI Funding That, with $26.7 Million ARRA Balance, Yields $45 Million More for Vision Research in FY2010

November 2, 2009
FY2009 Increase of at Least $230 Million in NIH and Defense Vision Funding Emphasizes Research Quality, Public Health Need, and Impact of NAEVR Advocacy

October 21, 2009
Vision Research Means Hope: Celebrating National Medical Research Day

September 1, 2009
AEVR’s Decade of Vision 2010-2020 Initiative Hosts a Congressional Briefing on the ROBO4 Protein Pathway Research During AMD Awareness Week 2009

July 10, 2009
NAEVR Commends Chairman Obey for NIH Funding Markup that Improves on the President's FY2010 Proposal, Begins Process to Rebuild NIH Budget

July 8, 2009
NAEVR Applauds Nomination of Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., as NIH Director, Cites Past Collaborative Research with NEI on Ocular Genetics

July 7, 2009
Senate Passes S. Res. 209 Recognizing the NEI's 40th Anniversary and Designating 2011-2020 as the Decade of Vision

June 16, 2009
House Passes H. Res. 366 Recognizing the NEI's 40th Anniversary and Designating 2010-2020 as the Decade of Vision

June 2, 2009
AEVR Announces a June 17th Congressional Reception Celebrating the NEI's 40th Anniversary

May 22, 2009
NAEVR Urges Senate Appropriators to Increase FY2010 NIH/NEI Funding by At Least Seven Percent

May 7, 2009
NAEVR Expresses Concern Over The Obama Administration's Proposed FY2010 NIH/NEI Funding and Urges Congress to Improve Upon These Numbers

April 7, 2009
NAEVR Cites Latest NEI Research in House Testimony that Urges at least a Seven Percent Increase in FY2010 Funding to $32.4 Billion NIH/$736 Million NEI

April 1, 2009
NAEVR Announces Contact Congress Booth, Defense-Related Vision Briefing at ARVO Annual Meeting 2009

March 23, 2009
DOD Releases Vision Research Portfolio Summary which NAEVR Distributes to All Congressional Defense Appropriators

March 10, 2009
NAEVR Commends President Obama for Reversing Restrictions on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding

March 2, 2009
NAEVR Urges At Least A Seven Percent Increase in FY2010 NIH/NEI Funding to Restore Purchasing Power; NAEVR Requests $736 Million for NEI

February 26, 2009
Veterans Service Organizations Support NAEVR Request for $10 Million in FY2010 Defense-Related Vision Research Funding

February 23, 2009
NAEVR Thanks Congressional Leaders for $10.4 Billion NIH Funding in Economic Stimulus Bill and Commits Support for FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill With $1 Billion NIH Increase

February 18, 2009
AEVR Recognizes Second Annual World Glaucoma Day with March 10 Congressional Briefing

February 17, 2009
As President Obama Signs the American Recovery And Reinvestment Act, NAEVR Praises Congressional and Biomedical Research Champions

January 27, 2009
As With House Version, NAEVR Praises the Senate's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan as An Important Initial Step in Rebuilding the NIH Biomedical Research Enterprise

January 15, 2009
NAEVR Praises $3.9 billion NIH Funding in House Economic Stimulus Bill

January 14, 2009
NAEVR Urges President-Elect Obama to Include $10 Billion in Economic Stimulus to Restore NIH Purchasing Power and Lead to NIH Budget Doubling

January 14, 2009
DOD Announces FY2008 PRMRP Awards for Clinical and Translational Vision Research

2008

December 18, 2008
NAEVR And AEVR Announce Capitol Hill Events for the 111th Congress As it Convenes in Early 2009

November 19, 2008
NAEVR Commends Senate Leaders for Proposing $1 Billion NIH Increase in Economic Stimulus that Recognizes the Short- and Long-Term Value of Investment in Medical Research

October 1, 2008
In FY2009 Defense Appropriations, Peer Reviewed Vision Research is Listed for First Time as a Separate Line Item Funded at $4 million

October 1, 2008
Despite Initial FY2008 Flat Funding of NIH, NEI Funding for Vision Research Increases by $6.5 Million over FY2007, But Still Does Not Keep Pace with Inflation

September 9, 2008
NAEVR Commends NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni's House Testimony Urging Predictable and Sustained NIH Funding, Especially to Train and Retain New Investigators and Clinician-Scientists

August 20, 2008
AEVR'S September 16 Capitol Hill Briefing on the Translation of the AMD Gene Discovery Concurrent with Anticipated Congressional Action on Research Funding

August 20, 2008
AEVR Co-Sponsors September 9 Capitol Hill Briefing on Diabetes and Vision Loss

June 6, 2008
AEVR and FFB Announce a June 24 Congressional Briefing on Initital Results of Human Gene Therapy Trials for LCA

May 29, 2008
AEVR/NAEVR Announce Speakers for the June 9 15th Anniversary Congressional Reception Featuring Release of Vision and Blindness Fact Sheet with Research!America

May 28, 2008
NAEVR Joins the Vision Community in Requesting Vision Objectives in Healthy People 2020

April 28, 2008
As NAEVR Submits Senate Testimony Regarding FY2009 NIH/NEI Funding, Researchers Report Initial Results of Human Gene Therapy Trials Cited as an Example of NEI's Public/Private Collaborations

March 26, 2008
NAEVR'S House Testimony Requests FY2009 NIH and NEI Funding at $31 Billion and $711 Million, Respectively, Citing Latest NEI Research and Collaborations

March 4, 2008
NAEVR Posts World Glaucoma Day Web Page, Announces Plans to Educate/Advocate on Capitol Hill on March 6 About Glaucoma Incidence and Need for Increased NEI Research Funding

February 20, 2008
NAEVR Supports Major Events in March 2008 to Expand Glaucoma Awareness and Educate About the Impact of NEI-Funded Research into the Disease

February 14, 2008
The Independent Budget for VA Funding Recommends Eye and Vision Eligibilty in the FY2009 DOD/PRMRP Program, Urges VA-DOD Eye Trauma Funding

February 4, 2008
NAEVR Expresses Concern About President's FY2009 Budget Proposal and Announces Funding Request of $31 Billion for NIH, $711 for the NEI

February 4, 2008
AEVR Holds Visual Imaging Briefing Featuring Real-Time Analyis of the Retina Using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

January 25, 2008
NAEVR Requests That Eye and Vision Research Remain Eligibile for Funding Within the FY2009 DOD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program

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