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President Signs FY2019 Defense/LHHS Minibus Bill with a Nearly $30 M Increase in Vision Research Funding

09/29/2018 - President Signs FY2019 Defense/LHHS Minibus Bill with A Nearly $30 M Increase in Vision Research Funding Legislative Update September 29, 2018 On September 28, President Trump signed the Con… Read More

Senate Passes FY2019 Defense/LHHS Minibus Bill with $25 M Increase for Vision

08/24/2018 - Senate Passes FY2019 Defense/LHHS Minibus Bill with $25 M Increase for Vision Legislative Update August 24, 2018 On August 23, the Senate passed by 85-7 H.R, 6157, a minibus bill that combin… Read More

DOD Funded Researcher Examines Whole Eye Transplantation

03/29/2018 - Featured speaker Kia Washington, MD (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) On March 29, AEVR hosted its ninth Defense-related Vision Research Congressional Br… Read More

VSOs/MSOs Send Letter to Congressional Appropriations Leaders Supporting FY2019 DOD VRP Funding Request

03/07/2018 - VSOs/MSOs Send Letter to Congressional Appropriations Leaders Supporting FY2019 DOD VRP Funding Request Legislative Update March 7, 2018 On March 7, NAEVR member organization Blinded Veteran… Read More

Department of Defense’s Vision Research Program Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Program Announcement with $15 Million in Funding Available

05/15/2017 - DODs Vision Research Program Releases FY2017 Program Announcement with $15 Million in Funding Available Legislative Update May 15, 2017 Today, the Department of Defenses (DOD) Vision Resea… Read More

Iowa Researcher Seeks to Improve Corneal Transplantation Outcomes

03/21/2017 - Featured speaker Mark Greiner, M.D. (University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine) On March 21, AEVR hosted its eighth military eye trauma Congressional Briefin… Read More

VSOs/MSOs Send Letter to Congressional Appropriations Leaders Supporting FY2018 DOD VRP Funding Request

03/09/2017 - VSOs/MSOs Send Letter to Congressional Appropriations Leaders Supporting FY2018 DOD VRP Funding Request Legislative Update March 9, 2017 On March 6, NAEVR member organization Blinded Veteran… Read More

FY2018 VSO/MSO Independent Budget Recommends VRP Funding at $15 Million

02/09/2017 - FY2018 VSO/MSO Independent Budget Recommends VRP Funding at $15 Million Legislative Update February 9, 2017 The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 issue of the Independent Budget (IB)—a biennial set of r… Read More

NAEVR Co-authors Article About Advocacy for Battlefield Eye and Vision Trauma Research

01/06/2017 - NAEVR Co-Authors Article about Advocacy for Battlefield Eye and Vision Trauma Research Legislative Update January 6, 2017 In the January 2017 issue of Optometry and Vision Science (OVS), NAE… Read More

Deployment-related Vision Trauma Research Congressional Briefing

03/17/2016 - DOD-Funded Researcher Develops Drug-Delivering Contact Lens Featured speaker Joseph Ciolino, M.D. (Mass Eye & Ear/Harvard Medical School) On March 17, AEVR hosted its… Read More

Hill Letters Request Vision Trauma Research Funding at $15 M in FY2017, Support for Defense Health Programs in Defense Appropriations

03/01/2016 - Hill Letters Request Vision Trauma Research Funding at $15 M in FY2017, Support for Defense Health Programs in Defense Appropriations On March 16, NAEVR member Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) … Read More

Study Entitled Costs of Military Eye Injury, Vision Impairment, and Related Blindness and Vision Dysfunction Associated with Traumatic Brain (TBI) Without Eye Injury

01/01/2012 - Open PDF