The Value of Defense-Related Vision Research: Peer-Reviewed Vision Trauma Research Program in Defense Appropriations
On September 18, at the Fifth Military Vision Symposium on Ocular and Vision Injury held by the Schepens Eye Research Institute, the Alliance for Eye and Vision Researchs (AEVR) Decade of Vision 2010-2020 Initiative released its Value of Defense-related Vision Research brochure. This document, which will be distributed to all Congressional offices, educates about the Vision Trauma Research Program (VTRP) budget line in Defense appropriations, especially as to how VTRP-funded research addresses Department of Defense (DOD)-identified needs.
To download PDF copies of the brochure, click on the individual page links below, or the Full Brochure file.
- Full Brochure
- Page 1: What is the Vision Trauma Research Program (VTRP)? How Much Have Military Eye Injuries Cost the US?
- Page 2: What are DOD-Identified Vision Research Gaps? How Is the VTRP Managed and Awards Made to Vision Researchers? What is the Vision Center of Excellence's Role in Relation to the VTRP and TATRC? TATRC at the ARVO Annual Meeting
- Page 3: Does the VTRP Have Bipartisan Congressional Support? House Proposes VTRP at $10 Million; VSOs/MSOs Support the VTRP
- Page 4: What Types of VTRP Awards Has TATRC Made to Vision Researchers? What is an Example of VTRP-Funded Vision Dysfunction Research?
- Page 5: What is an Example of VTRP-Funded Rehabilitative Research?
- Page 6: How Does the US Collaborate with its Allies on Defense Vision Research