Archives of Previous Announcements for 2004



Grant programs for projects in partnership

The Vision Health Research Network is pleased to announce the following grant prgram: Grant Program for Projects in Partnership. All groups that applied for these grants in June 2004 may present the same project.
Amount available: 50,000.00$
Deadline: December 15, 2004
Form to use: Projects in partnership



Partnership between the Vision Network and the FROUM

1- Partnership: Vision Network and the -Fonds de recherche en ophtalmologie de l'Université de Montréal (FROUM).

2- Amount available: $30,000.00 (approximately $10,000.00 per project).

3- Priorities: Clinical research projects related to areas judged to be a priority by the Vision Network and the FROUM (such as normal and abnormal aging).

4- Projects must inlcude a researcher from the department of Opthalmology from the UofM and at least one other researcher from another department or institution, who must also be a member of the Network. The researcher from the department of Opthalmology shall be responsible for managing the grant proposal. The managing researcher will be responsible for submitting the project as well as the financial report upon request of the Vision Network.

5- The project must be submitted using either the Vision Network form (partnership projects) or the FROUM (available at the secretariat of the Opthalmology department of the UofM.

6- Deadline: November 15 2004



Grant programs for shared research

October 19, 2004

The Vision Research Network is pleased to announce the following call for grant proposals : Grant program for acquiring shared research infrastructure.

Amount available: $70,000.00
Deadline: 15 novembre 2004
Form to use: Infrastructure
Information: reseau.vision@mcgill.ca

Partnership between the Vision Research Network
and the Fondation des maladies de l'oeil

The Fondation des maladies de l'œil and the FRSQ Vision Research Network are happy to announce a call for proposals for one or more research projects related to vision. The available funds total 60 000.00$. For this first competition, we wish to emphasise clinical research aimed at areas that have been judged as priorities by both partners. To get more information regarding the priorities of the Vision Research Network, please consult the Research Priorities for 2003-2007 section. You will find a definition of clinical research and the forms that must be completed (use the form entitled; Projects in Partnership Grants, please indicate on the form that the project is of a clinical nature). Projects must be submitted to the secretariat of the Vision Research Network before June 15 2004.

We hope this new initiative will be well received by Québec's researchers,

Best regards,

Alain P. Rousseau, cm, md, frcs
Scientific director,
Fondation des maladies de l'œil

Pierre Lachapelle,
PhD. Director,
Vision Research Network


First Science Day at the École d'optométrie

The members of the Vision Research Network of the FRSQ are cordially invited to participate in the first Science Day at the École D'optométrie, Friday April 2. This day will allow for graduate students, their undergraduate colleagues, and the professors at the École D'optométrie to discuss the central theme of the next generation of researchers in the areas of vision science, ophthalmic and physiological optics, and optometry. The conferences are free for all; however members who wish to receive a lunch should send a check of 15 dollars, no later than Monday March 29, to the attention of Mme Rompré at the following address:

Mme Denyse Rompré
École d'optométrie de l'Université de Montréal
CP 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qc, H3C 3J7

Partnership between the Vision Network and
the Montréal Children's Hospital Centennial

We are pleased to announce a new partnership between the Vision Network and the Montréal Children's Hospital Centennial.

This partnership is intended to help the dissemination of scientific information and to encourage the participation of students outside of the greater Montréal area. Towards this goal, we have created a bursary program that will be administered by the Vision Network. These bursaries will pay for the transportation costs of students who wish to attend the conferences organised by the Montréal Children's Hospital Centennial and the 27th Annual McGill Ophthalmology Clinical and Scientific Research Days.

Twenty bursaries of $50.00 each will be available. Interested parties should fill out the form "Demande pour l'aide à la diffusion par un étudiant ". Students will be reimbursed upon presentation of original receipts up to a value of $50.00. The deadline to send in the participation forms is April 1 2004.



Partnership between the INLB and
the Vision Research Network

We are pleased to announce a partnership between the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille (INLB), a member of the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain (CRIR), and the Vision Research Network. The INLB and the Vision Research Network are joining forces in order to initiate projects in the area of visual deficiencies.

A sum of $30,000.00 has been set aside for research projects that will address one of the following themes :

> An epidemiological survey of visual deficiencies in Quebec;
> A study on the consequences, on a daily basis, of low vision among the elderly who live at home and the impact on health services (for example; falls, taking medication, eating habits, transportation, household chores, personal hygiene, etc.);
> The risk of falls and other consequences that macular degeneration may have on an individuals health;
> A comparative study of elderly individuals with a visual deficiency that live at home versus those that live in a CHSLD.

Interested researchers who wish to submit a project to the INLB and the Vision Research Network must use the form entitled Demande de Projets Rassembleurs.

The deadline is March 1st 2004. A letter of intent, stating your interest, must be received at the secretariat of the Vision Health Network (reseau.vision@mcgill.ca) no later than February 6 2004.