House Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2024 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill with $20 M for Vision Research Program
06/22/2023 - On June 22 the House Appropriations Committee approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Defense spending bill which includes $20 million funding for the Department of Defense's (DOD) Vision Research Program… Read More
NAEVR Defense Funding Session Features DOD Vision Program Manager, Insights into the FY2023 Program Announcement
05/01/2023 - VRP Program Manager Tian Wang, PhD, addresses the audience NAEVR’s April 24 Defense-Related Vision Research Opportunities session at the ARVO Annual Meeting in New Orlean… Read More
NAEVR Attends 8th Military Vision Symposium on Innovation and Unmet Needs for Ocular Injury
03/06/2023 - The Military Vision Symposium Speakers The National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) was pleased to support and participate in the Military Vision Symposium o… Read More
Congress Passes, President Signs Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus
01/03/2023 - On December 29, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, a $1.7 trillion Omnibus Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Appropriations bill which combined all FY2023 spending bills into one… Read More
House Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2023 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill with $20 M for Vision Research Program
06/23/2022 - On June 22 the House Appropriations Committee approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Defense spending bill which includes $20 million in VRP funding, the fifth year that the program has been funded at th… Read More
NAEVR Hosts Defense Research Funding Session at ARVO Annual Meeting
05/12/2022 - VRP Program Manager Tian Wang, PhD, speaks to the audience Click here to watch the video. For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the NAEVR Defen… Read More
NAEVR and ARVO Host Defense Research Funding Opportunities Webinar
06/04/2021 - CDMRP Vision Program Manager Tian Wang, PhD On June 2 NAEVR, along with the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), held a special Defense Research Fundi… Read More
DOD Vision Research Program Releases FY2021 Program Announcements
05/17/2021 - On May 14, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Vision Research Program (VRP) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Program Announcements, with $20 million available for research. This year marks the third… Read More
NAEVR And ARVO to Host Defense Research Funding Opportunities Webinar
05/04/2021 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced that the two organizations will host … Read More
NAEVR Releases Congressional Requests for FY2022 Funding For NIH/NEI, DOD Vision Research Program
01/19/2021 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 funding requests for National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Eye Instit… Read More
House Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2021 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill with $20 M for Vision Research Program
07/15/2020 - On July 14, the House Appropriations Committee approved its FY2021 Defense spending bill which includes $20 million in VRP funding, the third year that the program has been funded at that level. A… Read More
NAEVR and ARVO Host Special Defense Research Funding Opportunities Webinar
05/21/2020 - CDMRP Vision Program Manager Tian Wang, PhD (image from NAEVR’s 2019 Defense Vision Research Opportunities session at the ARVO Annual Meeting) On May 19 NAEVR, along… Read More
Blind Veterans United Kingdom Research Week
03/15/2020 - In late February, NAEVR Member organization Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) held its Research Week and engaged Blind Veterans United Kingdom’s (BVUK) Dr. Renata Gomes, Chief Scientific Officer, in… Read More
VSOs/MSOs Send Letter to Congressional Appropriations Leaders Supporting FY2021 DOD VRP Funding Request
03/10/2020 - On March 9, NAEVR member organization Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) submitted a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees which requests that Con… Read More
House Passes Minibus Spending Bill with Funding for DOD's Vision Research Program
06/20/2019 - House Passes Minibus Spending Bill with Funding for DODs Vision Research Program Legislative Update June 20, 2019 On June 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2740, a $985 bill… Read More
DOD Vision Research Program Releases FY2019 Program Announcement
05/29/2019 - DOD Vision Research Program Releases FY2019 Program Announcement Legislative Update May 29, 2019 On May 24, the Department of Defenses (DOD) Vision Research Program (VRP) released its Fisca… Read More
VRP Program Committee Finalizes FY2018 Awards, Begins FY2019 Planning
03/28/2019 - VRP Program Committee Finalizes FY2018 Awards, Begins FY2019 Planning Legislative Update March 28, 2019 Colonel Mark Reynolds, Chief of the joint DOD/VA Vision Center of Ex… Read More
ARVO President Dr. Steven Fliesler Advocates for Military Eye Trauma Research Funding
02/21/2019 - ARVO President Dr. Steven Fliesler Advocates for Military Eye Trauma Research Funding Legislative Update February 21, 2019 Left to right: Blinded veteran Steven Baskis (U.S. … Read More
FY2020 VSO/MSO Independent Budget Recommends VRP Funding at $20 Million
01/28/2019 - Legislative Update January 28, 2019 The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 issue of the Independent Budget (IB)a biennial set of recommendations to Congress regarding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA… Read More
Independent Budget VRP Recommendation
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