The American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) and Meta Reality Labs Research (RLR) announced that this grant application, focused on stimulating new investigations in the field of myopia and the role visual experience plays in its onset and progression, is now open.

The 2025 Myopia Research Grant will provide three awards of $500,000 each. The goal of the award is to accelerate the understanding of myopia development or progression by utilizing the Visual Environment Evaluation Tool (VEET) device to collect observational visual environment data. AAOF and RLR are seeking proposals for open-science, longitudinal studies of the quantified visual experience and its relationship to subsequent myopia outcomes.

Two of the three awards are open exclusively to Fellows of the American Academy of Optometry, with the third award open to any applicant who meets the criteria.

The Letter of Intent (LOI) submission portal will be open from Jan. 30 through Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Applicants selected to submit full proposals will be notified by April 15 and will have until July 11 at 11:59 p.m. EST to submit all application components.

Click here for additional information about this grant opportunity, application requirements.