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Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) · Nomination required
Medical students at RPB-supported ophthalmology departments may be nominated by their department chair for a one-year eye research fellowship before the third or fourth year of medical school. MD/PhD students are ineligible.
The fellowship provides a $30,000 grant plus up to $8,000 additional relocation support when the student must move more than one hour from their medical school. One glaucoma-focused award is co-funded with The Glaucoma Foundation.
Department chairs submit nominations by June 15 or December 15; student applications are due July 1 or January 10. Applications without prior nomination are not accepted.
Research to Prevent Blindness has funded medical student eye research fellowships at grantee ophthalmology departments for decades.
The Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship awards Up to $38,000. It is sponsored by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB).
Key requirements include: Graduate; Health Professions; Second year; Third year. Check the full eligibility section above, or create a free Award Scholar profile to have every requirement checked against your profile automatically.
No essay is listed for this scholarship.
This award works by nomination rather than direct application. Confirm your eligibility, then arrange the nomination through the sponsor's process.
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