This North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society sponsored award will be given to a candidate or active NANOS member and is designed to encourage basic or clinical research in Neuro-ophthalmology. The Awards Subcommittee will consider originality, scientific merit and neuro-ophthalmologic interest as criteria when reviewing the total body of work of a developing neuro-ophthalmic investigator and a representative new research manuscript. This award will not necessarily be given annually, and is not open to NANOS Fellows.

• $1,000 Stipend and NANOS Meeting Registration Reimbursement

• The recipient is expected to make a presentation, based on the selected manuscript, during the Scientific Program at the NANOS meeting during the year that the work is submitted.

• Be a NANOS Candidate or Active member, in good standing, within five years of completion of a Neuro-Ophthalmology fellowship, or within five years of beginning a Neuro-Ophthalmology practice, at the time of submission of a manuscript and list of published works.
• Be the first author of the submitted manuscript.
• Have submitted an abstract of the proposed manuscript for the annual NANOS Scientific Program.
• Not be a NANOS Fellow.
• Work published or submitted for publication within the past year will be accepted.

• An abstract submitted for platform presentation at the Annual NANOS Meeting. In addition, the abstract must be submitted online for the Abstract Committee’s review. See the NANOS 2008 meeting site for submission details
• A complete manuscript of the submitted abstract
• A cover letter describing your overall research activities and your role in the initiation,
  conduct and preparation of the submitted paper
• Current curriculum vitae (including a list of all published works)
• Two letters of recommendation from vision scientists or clinicians who have worked
  closely with the candidate. The letters should comment on the originality and creativity of the candidate’s total body of work, as well as its impact on Neuro-Ophthalmology

• All application materials must be received by October 31, 2008.