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  • Jan 9
    Application period opens for Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative

    Opportunity for UW Faculty, although award is used to directly support their graduate student

    January 9, 2026 (all day) Walsh GSSI Application and Guidelines webpage

  • Dec 1
    Application period opens for Visiting Scholar Awards

    Member Opportunity

    December 1, 2025 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines page

  • Dec 1
    Application period opens for Spring David G. Walsh Travel Awards

    Staff and Trainee Opportunity

    December 1, 2025 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines page

  • Nov 21
    Application Deadline – Distinguished Paper Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    November 21, 2025 (all day)

  • Nov 14
    Application Deadline – Grant Accelerator Program (GAP) Awards

    Member Opportunity

    November 14, 2025 (all day) GAP Application webpage

    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 …

  • Oct 24
    Application Deadline – Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    October 24, 2025 (all day)

  • Oct 16
    Science Fair on the Square

    October 16, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm State Street to the Capitol Square

    Attend the Outreach Training Session to Volunteer! October 16th, 2025 @ 5:00 – 9:00 pm State Street to the Capitol Square Learn More

  • Oct 15
    East High School Science Expo

    October 15, 2025 (all day) Madison East High School

  • Oct 13
    Application period opens for Distinguished Paper Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    October 13, 2025 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines

  • Oct 9
    17th annual Vision Science Symposium – Distinguished Lecture

    Speaker: Dr. Allison Sekuler President & Chief Scientist, CABHI and Baycrest Academy for Research and Education at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Sandra A Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience; Professor UT & McMaster

    October 9, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm HSLC 1345

    Talk title: Vision and the Brain: Towards Predictive Neuroscience for Precision Aging

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