Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award

About this program

Prevent Blindness offers the annual Rising Visionary Award to a U.S.-based student or resident in a health-related field who submits the best overall application and essay addressing the 2025 Focus on Eye Health Summit theme, "Perspectives in Vision," which emphasizes collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to vision and eye health challenges. The honor includes formal acknowledgement, a commemorative plaque, and an invitation to present the essay and related work as a speaker on the Summit webinar in Fall 2025. Applicants must be current students, interns, or residents located in the United States in optometry, ophthalmology, primary health care, nursing, psychology, or another health profession, and must be available to present virtually at the Fall 2025 webinar.