2011 Healthy Vision Community Awards Program

Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the 2011 Healthy Vision Community Awards Program provides funding for the implementation of health education activities that support activities that reduce health disparities and improve quality of life.

Proposed projects must focus on eye health education, be innovative, have the potential for sustainability once funding ends, and address one or more of the following topics:
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Diabetic Eye Disease
• Glaucoma
• Occupational Eye Safety
• Vision Rehabilitation

Awards are worth up to $10,000 per year; deadline = August 30, 2011.

An online application process and a tutorial to walk applicants through the submission process ; more information is available at the program site.

Past Connecticut grantees include: Connecticut Primary Care Associations, Inc. (CPCA) in Hartford, the Hill Health Corporation and Hill Health Center in New Haven, Prevent Blindness Tri-State in Middlebury, and Unite for Sight, Inc. from Newtown.