[visionlist] ?1 MILLION ANTÓNIO CHAMPALIMAUD VISION AWARD - FINAL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FROM RECENTLY ESTABLISHED CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION

[André Valente]

EUR1 MILLION ANTÓNIO CHAMPALIMAUD VISION AWARD 

FINAL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FROM RECENTLY ESTABLISHED CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION

 

The Champalimaud foundation has committed to institute this annual award for research in vision and associated areas for outstanding contributions that have provided major breakthroughs in the understanding/preservation of vision (in even years) or work towards the alleviation of visual impairment and blindness in developing regions (in odd years). In 2008 the award will be presented for the first time to active research groups involved in basic or clinical research which has led to a major breakthrough in the understanding and/or the preservation of vision. 

 

We invite you to submit a nomination for the 2008 António Champalimaud Vision Award. The opportunity to stimulate vision-related research and to effectively identify the best candidates critically depends on communication with and nominations from those with the most insight in their research fields. Entries are submitted online at our website www.fchampalimaud.org <http://www.fchampalimaud.org/>  and have been carefully structured to make the process easy and efficient. 

 

The deadline for submissions is December 31st 2007. The António Champalimaud Vision Award will be the largest in the field and we aim to reach all worthy candidates. Please do not hesitate in writing to us at award at fchampalimaud.org should you have any questions or need any further information. You may also call us in the USA at +1 617 959 5277 or Europe at +1 351 21 356 8160. 

 

On behalf of the Champalimaud Foundation, 

 

André Valente

 

 

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