2010 Scholarship Grant Information « Optometry Cares

2010 Scholarship Grant Information

Only schools accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) are eligible to participate in Optometry’s Charity™ Scholarship Program.

All scholarship essays must be submitted to Optometry’s Charity™ by the school designee. Check with the Student Affairs Office to determine the on-campus application deadline.
Each school and college will choose one candidate for each scholarship category from all applications received. The individual’s name and essay should be forwarded to Optometry’s Charity^TM – The AOA Foundation in St. Louis by February 5, 2010. Optometry’s Charity™ accepts one essay submission from each school for each scholarship program to consider.
The submissions will be evaluated by Optometry’s Charity™ Endowment Fund Advisory Committee and the winners will be announced in March 2010 and featured on this website and in the AOA News and Foresight.
An e-mail will be sent to school officials, to which the scholarship criteria and Candidate Submission forms will be attached. School officials may also print the forms here.

Candidate Submission forms must be completed in their entirety by school officials;
Student applicants must be a third-year student member (Class of 2011) in good standing in the American Optometric Student Association and the American Optometric Association;
Be a student in good academic standing at their respective institution;
A completed W-9 Form must be included as it is a part of the scholarship application, and signed and dated by the student;
Schools should submit their one completed application for each scholarship program to the Optometry’s Charity™ by the February 5, 2010 for consideration. Scholarship submissions received after this date will not be considered.