NAEVR/AEVR Boards Announce Dan Ignaszewski as New Executive Director
01/13/2022 - New NAEVR/AEVR Executive Director Dan Ignaszewski (Washington, D.C.) Today National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) and Alliance for Eye and Vision Research … Read More
NAEVR and AEVR Boards Elect New Director, Recognize Retiring Director
12/10/2021 - Joan O'Brien, MD (Scheie Eye Institute/University of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.) On December 9, each the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Eye and Visio… Read More
Congress Passes, President Signs Continuing Resolution Through February 18, NAEVR Urges Finalization of FY2022 Appropriations Without Delay
12/03/2021 - Update: President Bident signed the Continuing Resolution on Friday December 3. (Washington, DC) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) issued a statement upon the Decem… Read More
AEVR’s Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative Hosts Thyroid Eye Disease Congressional Briefing
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NAEVR/AEVR Commend the NEI on the Release of its Strategic Plan Grounded in the Realities of Vision Challenges
10/31/2021 - (Washington, D.C.) On November 1, the National Eye Institute (NEI) released its Strategic Plan: Vision for the Future (2021-2025) which identifies opportunities for NEI to achieve its mission through… Read More
NAEVR Thanks Senate for NIH/NEI Funding Increases in FY2022 Bill, Urges Action to Finalize Appropriations
10/18/2021 - (Washington, DC) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) released a statement after the Senate Appropriations Committee released nine of the remaining Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 a… Read More
NAEVR Supports Statement of Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research on Retirement of NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins
10/05/2021 - (Washington, DC) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) supported the statement of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research that recognizes Francis Collins, MD, PhD on his deci… Read More
NAEVR Commends House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee for Proposed FY2022 NIH and NEI Increases
07/12/2021 - (Washington, DC) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) released a statement after the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommitt… Read More
Dry Eye Awareness Month 2021 Focuses on a Looming Lifestyle Epidemic—Ocular Surface Disease
07/08/2021 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the vision community and its coalition partners announced awareness and educational activities in July 2021 around the annual recognition of Dry Eye Awareness Month. On J… Read More
JAMA Ophthalmology Publishes AEVR Article Examining the Impact of COVID-19 Lab Closures on Early-Stage Investigators
07/07/2021 - On July 1, JAMA Ophthalmology published a written article based on AEVR’s September 2020 30-minute video conversation with 22 Emerging Vision Scientists (EVSs) about the impact of the COVID-19 pandem… Read More
AEVR Hosts Virtual AMD Congressional Briefing and Seventh Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day on September 21
07/01/2021 - (Washington, DC) Today, the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) announced virtual events associated with International Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Week 2021 and AEVR’s Se… Read More
NAEVR Supports Statement of Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research on President's FY2022 Budget Request, Adds Comment Regarding NEI Funding
05/28/2021 - (Washington, DC) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) supported the statement of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, to which it belongs, upon the release of President … Read More
NAEVR and AEVR Boards Elect Officers and New Directors, Recognize Retiring Directors
05/27/2021 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the Board of Directors of each the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) and the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) elected a slate of 2021-2023 Off… 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 Issues Statement on the Introduction of RISE Act
02/08/2021 - (Washington, DC) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) issued a statement upon the introduction of the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act (H.R.869) by Cong… Read More
AEVR Announces March 11 Virtual World Glaucoma Week 2021 Congressional Briefing
02/01/2021 - (Washington, DC) Today, the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research’s (AEVR) new Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative announced a World Glaucoma Week 2021 Congressional Briefing entitled G… 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
AEVR Announces its New Sustained Educational Effort Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative
01/04/2021 - (Washington, DC) Today, the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) announced that, with the end of 2020, it has retired its Decade of Vision 2010-2020 Initiative (DOV) and is launching a new… Read More
NAEVR Supports the Ad Hoc Group For Medical Research Statement on NIH Funding in Year-End Legislation
12/22/2020 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) expressed its support for the statement issued by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research—of which it is a member— in… Read More
NAEVR Thanks Senate for Proposed FY2021 $2 B NIH, $26 M NEI Funding Increases and Urges Final Appropriations with Research Relief
11/11/2020 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) issued a statement upon the Senate Appropriations Committee’s release of all twelve of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 sp… Read More