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 the NAEVR/AEVR Contributor Report
For press questions, contact NAEVR/AEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky at 240-221-2905 or jamesj@eyeresearch.org.
June 27, 2019
NAEVR Commends NEI Director Paul Sieving as He Announces His Departure
June 20, 2019
NAEVR Commends House Passage of FY2020 Funding Minibus with Robust NIH/NEI Increases
June 10, 2019
Vision Community Dry Eye Awareness Month 2019 Activities Include Congressional Briefing and Screening
May 13, 2019
NAEVR Supports Re-Introducted "Eye Bonds" Legislation to Advance Treatments for Blindness/Vision Impairment
May 2, 2019
NAEVR and AEVR Boards Elect 2019-2021 Officers
April 8, 2019
NAEVR Urges Increases in Spending Caps That Would Faciliate Requested FY2020 NIH/NEI Funding Increases
April 3, 2019
NAEVR Submits FY2020 Testimony to House Appropriators Requesting At Least $41.6 B in NIH, $850 M in NEI Funding
April 1, 2019
NAEVR Announces Advocacy and Educational Opportunities at the 2019 ARVO Annual Meeting
February 5, 2019
NAEVR Releases Congressional Requests for FY2020 Funding for NIH/NEI, DOD Vision Research Program
January 28, 2019
AEVR Annoucnes World Glaucoma Week 2019 Congressional Briefing
January 29, 2019
Military Medicine Publishes AEVR's Updated Military Eye Injury Study That Estimates $41.47 Billion Cost
2018
September 18, 2018
NAEVR Commends Senate for Passage of FY2019 Defense/LHHS Conference Agreement with a Nearly $30 M Increase in Vision Research Funding
August 24, 2018
NAEVR Commends Senate for Passage of Defense/LHHS Minibus with $2 B NIH, NEI Increases
July 19, 2018
NAEVR Supports "Eye Bonds" Legislation to Advance Treatments for Blindness and Vision Impairment
June 28, 2018
NAEVR Commends Senate for $2 B FY2019 NIH Funding Increase, Greater-than-Inflation NEI Funding Increase
April 23, 2018
NAEVR Submits FY2019 Testimony to House Appropriators Requesting At Least $39.3 B in NIH, $800 M in NEI Funding
April 1, 2018
NAEVR Announces Advocacy and Educational Opportunities at the 2018 ARVO Annual Meeting
March 23, 2018
NAEVR Commends Congress for Passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 with Robust NIH and NEI Funding Increases
February 16, 2018
NAEVR Releases Requests to Congress for FY2019 NIH/NEI and DOD's Vision Research Program Funding
February 12, 2018
NAEVR Commends Congress for Passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 that Increases FY2018 and 2019 Discretionary Spending Caps
February 6, 2018
AEVR Announces March 2018 Congressional Briefings on Glaucoma and Defense-Related Vision Research
2017
October 16, 2017
AEVR Announces First-Ever Keratoconus Congressional Briefing Recognizing National Keratoconus Day 2017
October 4, 2017
NAEVR to Host Contact Congress Booth at American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting in Chicago
September 7, 2017
NAEVR Commends Senate Appropriators for Proposed FY2018 $2 Billion NIH Increase, $26 Million NEI Increase
August 3, 2017
AEVR Announces The Third Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day on Capitol Hill
July 14, 2017
NAEVR Expresses Appreciation for the House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee's Proposal to Increase FY2018 NIH Funding
May 30, 2017
NAEVR to Senate Regarding FY2018 Appropriations: Fund NIH at $36.1 Billion, NEI at $800 Million
May 1, 2017
NAEVR Statement on FY2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
April 3, 2017
NAEVR Supports the March for Science
April 1, 2017
NAEVR Announces Advocacy and Educational Opportunities at the 2017 ARVO Annual Meeting
March 28, 2017
NAEVR Supports FY2017 NIH Increase Despite Trump Administration Proposal to Cut Funding
March 7, 2017
NAEVR to House: Increase NIH by $2 Billion in Each FY2017 and 2018 to Maintain Sustained, Predictable Funding
February 17, 2017
NAEVR Releases FY2017 and 2018 Funding Requests for NIH/NEI and DOD's Vision Research Program
February 6, 2017
AEVR Announces March 2017 Congressional Briefings on Glaucoma and Defense-Related Vision Research
2016
December 12, 2016
NAEVR to Trump Transition Team: Vision Health Critical to Campaign Themes of Productivity, Independence and Quality of Life
September 29, 2016
As Congress Passes Short-Term Continuing Resolution, NAEVR Urges it to Return After the Election to Finalize FY2017 Appropriations with a $2 Billion NIH Increase
September 15, 2016
NAEVR Commends National Academies' Report That Recommends Public Health Strategies to Promote and Protect the Vision Health of All Americans
August 4, 2016
JAMA Ophthalmology Publishes Results of AEVR's 2014 Survey on the Public's Attitudes About Vision Loss
July 14, 2016
NAEVR Recognizes House Efforts to Grow Biomedical Research Funding at NIH for Second Year
July 11, 2016
AEVR Announces the Second Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day
on Capitol Hill
June 9, 2016
NAEVR Commends Senate for Making NIH Funding a Priority in FY2017 Appropriations
May 9, 2016
AEVR Announces June 8 Congressional Briefing—Dry Eye: Today's Research, Tomorrow's Solutions
April 8, 2016
NAEVR Announces Advocacy and Educational Opportunities at the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting
February 10, 2016
NAEVR Releases FY2017 Funding Requests for NIH/NEI and The DOD Vision Research Program
February 10, 2016
NAEVR Disappointed in the President's Reliance on Mandatory Funding in the FY2017 Budget Request
February 2, 2016
AEVR Announces March 2016 Congressional Briefings on Glaucoma and Defense-Related Vision Research
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