The Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) seeks applicants for the annual TFOS Travel Awards. These awards will provide partial travel support for at least four postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, or young investigators (35 years or younger), whose accepted ARVO '10 abstract, in which they appear as first author, demonstrates significant scientific achievement in the field of tear film, ocular surface or Sjogren's syndrome research. Each award will be $750.00 USD and will be accompanied by a free ticket to the TFOS Dinner on the evening of Monday, May 3rd, in Fort Lauderdale, as well as complimentary membership in TFOS (and a subscription to The Ocular Surface).

Applicants should email their accepted ARVO abstract to the Chair of the TFOS Travel Awards Committee (Dr. Jason Nichols) at jnichols@optometry.osu.edu by March 1st in MS Word or PDF format. Awardees will be notified by April 14th and will be announced during the TFOS Dinner. Individuals who are recipients of other ARVO travel grant awards (e.g., ARVO, AAO, etc) are not eligible to apply.