grants for the french speaking world

They are intended to encourage exchanges with young foreign, non-European ophthalmologists by allowing them to come and present a paper concerning an original work at the SFO Conference. Two grants are generally awarded each year. The amount of the grant is set at 5 000 euros to cover travelling costs, the stay in Paris and the cost of registration for the Conference.

CONDITION FOR CANDIDACY :

• Being a young ophthalmologist or an ophthalmologist under training, under 35 years of age and not living in Europe,
  
  
• Send a brief summary before 1st December to the SFO or to the OPC (organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité - Organisation for the Prevention of Blindness), together with a Curriculum Vitae and a letter from a member of the teaching staff.
  
  
• The summary is presented in the usual form for applications for papers. It is written in French and consists of 20 to 25 lines of text, on paper and on computer disk Word 2 to 97/98 or by E-mail sfo@sfo.asso.fr in such a manner that it can be published in the Conference programme.
  

JURY AND CONDITIONS OF AWARDS :

The jury is made up of members of the Governing Board of the SFO. They designate the candidates after examination of the dossiers, deliberation and a majority vote. The winners agree to present their work as a private paper during a session of the Conference. The presence of the winners is obligatory for the presentation of the cheque on the Tuesday morning after the meeting of the General Assembly.