Call for Applications - XOVA (Excellence in Ophthalmology Vision Awards) 2017

The XOVA awards 2017 is now open for applications – closing date is 31^st January 2017. 

XOVA is an award program sponsored by Novartis Pharma that provides grant funding for non-profit initiatives and projects that are expected to have a positive impact on improving the quality of eye care.

Initiatives intended for developing countries, as well as those in developed parts of the world, are warmly welcomed.

In 2011, “Right to Sight”, the Irish non-profit organisation founded by Kate Colman, Consultant Eye and Oculoplastic Surgeon at Blackrock Clinici, was selected from over 80 applications throughout Europe, and awarded funding towards a state of the art sustainable cataract surgeon training centre in Rift Valley, Kenya.  Right to Sight  is an expert management consultancy which works with existing hospitals and eye clinics in Africa to develop them into high quality, high volume, sustainable eye care centres.  Its main goal is to address the cataract blindness crisis in Africa, which is due solely to a shortage of Ophthalmologists on the continent.

Download Flyer or see here for further information on the Xova Awards, 

10^th January 2017