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Application for ORIA Grants 2009 PROJECTS AWARDED ORIA FUNDING IN 2008 ORIA ANNUAL REPORT 2007 AOVSM 2007 STAFF

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Applications for funding of research projects in 2009 are now closed. The ORIA has adopted an innovative approach to funding of its 2009 projects, by putting aside a percentage of its available funds to support and encourage young scientists. We have received funding applications from 44 projects in Australia requesting over $2.3 million in support. All applicants will be contacted early October 2008.

PROJECTS AWARDED ORIA GRANTS IN 2008 - For a complete list of successful projects to receive funding in 2008, go to our Grants Section. The ORIA is grateful to Glaucoma Australia Inc., RANZCO and The RANZCO Eye Foundation in helping to support these projects.

CURRENT RESEARCH
For information on progress reports for ORIA supported research as well as details of recently funded projects click on the Grants Section.

AOVSM2008 - All information regarding this year's meeting can be accessed via the following link - http://www.rsbs.anu.edu.au/AOVSM/index.php

AOVSMplanning and in negotiation with Government agencies. The document is titled "National http://www.rsbs.anu.edu.au/AOVSM/index.phpResearch Strategy" . See details under About Us to view and make comment.

Welcome to The ORIA website!

The Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia (ORIA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting research into the nature and cause of eye disease and the prevention of blindness.

The ORIA receives no funding from Government sources and yet, since 1984 alone, has contributed around $A6.7million to this type of research.

The ORIA was founded in 1953 by a group of ophthalmologists concerned with the need to advance eye research in Australia. The Institute’s first major project was to assist in the founding of the first Chair of Ophthalmology in Australia, which was established in Melbourne, and has since played a major role in eye research. The ORIA is now the research arm of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists whilst maintaining its own independent corporate structure.