Past Event Category: Application Deadlines
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Oct 8
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Jun 19Application deadline: Storyform Science Communication Course Opportunity
Staff and Trainee Opportunity
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Feb 27Application Deadline – Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative (Member/Trainee Opportunity)
Opportunity for UW Faculty, although award is used to directly support their graduate student
Walsh GSSI Application and Guidelines webpage
The Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative (GSSI) provides $12,000 of support to a UW–Madison graduate student training in a McPherson ERI Member’s laboratory. Although this award supports graduate students, it is the PI who completes and submits the application. The application period for this award typically begins in late December or early January, with a …
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Feb 6Application Deadline – Spring David G. Walsh Travel Awards
Staff and Trainee Opportunity
Walsh Travel Award Application and Guidelines webpage
These $1500 awards provide support for MERI trainees to present at and attend conferences in their field. Four awards are given annually; two each Fall and two each Spring. Awards must be used for a meeting that occurs within one year of the month after the award application is due.
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Jan 30Application Deadline – Visiting Scholar Awards
Member Opportunity
Click here for Application and Guidelines
Funded by the McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Cycle for Sight event, the Visiting Scholar Award Opportunity provides support for a McPherson ERI Member to host a Visiting Scholar for 3-7 days at their institution. These visits are intended to facilitate lasting collaborations and/or training in support of broadly vision-related research, including bioengineering, technology development, imaging, …
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Nov 21
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Nov 14Application Deadline – Grant Accelerator Program (GAP) Awards
Member Opportunity
Supported by the Alice McPherson Endowment Fund for the Visual Sciences, the Van Vreede McPherson ERI Greatest Needs Fund, the Robert A. Brandt Macular Degeneration Fund, and additional donors to the McPherson ERI Application period opens: Friday, August 29th, 2025 Application deadline: Friday, November 14th, 2025 at 12:00 pm CST Award amount: $50,000 each Applications …
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Oct 24
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Oct 9
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Oct 11Deadline to enter the Best Trainee Poster Presentation Competition at our Annual Vision Sciences Poster session
HSLC Atrium Vision Science Symposium and Poster session webpage
If you are a student or postdoc and (a) want to present at a poster at our upcoming Vision Science Symposium Poster Session on Oct 25th AND (b) you are a student or postdoc who would like your poster to be considered for the ‘2025 Best Trainee Poster Presentation’ award, then please register using the …