The ECVO Grants were offered during the 2012 ECVO Congress in Trieste, Italy for the first time in the history of the College. The Grants fund research in areas of Veterinary Ophthalmology to ECVO-approved residents or ECVO Diplomates.
2024 ECVO Research grant Award
The recipient of the ECVO Research Grant was announced during the 2024 ECVO annual meeting in Amsterdam. The Grant funds research in areas of Veterinary Ophthalmology to ECVO-approved residents or ECVO Diplomates, and this year it was awarded to Dr. Ana Cristina Piroth (Mentor: Claudia Busse) from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover Fd. The title of the grant proposal is: “In-vitro antimicrobial activity (killing-times) of different antiseptic agents against bacteria commonly involved in infectious keratitis in dogs and cats.”
2023 ECVO Research grant Award
The recipient of the ECVO Research Grant was announced during the 2023 ECVO annual meeting in Rhodes. The Grant funds research in areas of Veterinary Ophthalmology to ECVO-approved residents or ECVO Diplomates, and this year it was awarded to Dr. Florine Pascale NARINX (ECVO resident, Veterinary teaching hospital of the University of Liège, Belgium) and his collaborators. The title of the grant proposal is: “Stem cells therapy in the treatment of immune-mediated keratitis in horses”
2022 ECVO Research grant Award
The recipient of the ECVO Research Grant was announced in June during the 2022 ECVO annual meeting in Salzburg. The Grant funds research in areas of Veterinary Ophthalmology to ECVO-approved residents or ECVO Diplomates, and this year it was awarded to Dr David KAYES and his collaborators. The title of the grant proposal is: “Can the transcriptomic landscape of progressive feline diffuse iris melanoma inform novel anti-cancer drug discovery” (Amount awarded: 10.000 Euros)
2017 ECVO Research Grant Award
The ECVO Research Grant was announced in August, independently to the conference.The ECVO Research Grant was offered again this year. The Grant funds research in areas of Veterinary Ophthalmology to ECVO-approved residents or ECVO Diplomates, and this year it was awarded to Dr James OLIVER. The title of the grant proposal is: ‘Comparison of ocular RNA profiles of dogs with healthy eyes versus those with primary closed angle glaucoma’.
2016 ECVO Research Grants and Awards in Budapest:
This years research grants were awarded to Christiane Kafarnik and Katrin Voelter on the following topics:
Christiane Kafarnik, Diplomate ECVO, was awarded for her grant proposal 'Corneal stem cell research in dogs: a novel treatment strategy for corneal dystrophies'
Katrin Voelter, Diplomate ECVO, was awarded for her grant proposal 'Corneal and scleral permeability of vampire bat saliva extract in different species.'
2015 ECVO Research Grants and Awards in Helsinki:
ECVO Research grant of 5000 Euros:
Awarded to James Rushton for: Introducing equine platelet rich plasma in corneal treatment: an in-vitro study
Award for best resident presentation (400 Euros):
Charlotte Dawson et al. for their research on: Immediate effects of diamond burr debridement in patients with spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects; light and electronmicroscopic evaluation.
Award for best poster (250 Euros) was to Natalia Ziolkowska et al. from the University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland on: Morphological features of ocular inflammation and distribution of viral antigens in ocular tissues of cats with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).
2014 ECVO Research Grants were awarded in London to:
Cécile Briffod et al.
Stability of canine serum eye drops at different storage temperatures and times.
Barbara Braus et al. (University of Vienna, Austria)
Investigation of possible autoantigens in horses with immune-mediated keratitis (IMMK)
James Oliver et al. (Animal Health Trust, UK)
Pectinate ligament dysplasia in the Flatcoated Retriever: prevalence and genetic risk factors
2013 ECVO Research Grants were awarded in Barcelona to:
Leiva M et al (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain): ‘Morphologic distribution of corneal innervation in birds of prey’.
Barbara Nell and Marion Krecny (University of Vienna, Austria): ‘Investigation on the tear film in pugs’
2012 ECVO Research Grant was awarded in Trieste to:
Katrin Voelter, et al (University of Zurich, Switzerland) - Evaluation of the conjunctival flora and its susceptibility to antifungal agents in healthy horses in Switzerland