ESVO
Grants
Esvo Research Grant
The ESVO offers a financial support in order to contribute to the dissemination of scientific knowledge and information in the field of veterinary ophthalmology.
The value of the ESVO research grant is 3000 Euros. Application should be submitted by 15th July of the year in which the applicant wishes to receive the award.
2025 (Ghent):
- Award 1 – “Exploratory metabolomic characterisation of equine tears from eyes with corneal lesions” Mário Jorge Queirós Ribeiro (Portugal)
- Award 2 – “Ocular surface assessment and lipidomic analysis in healthy and atopic dogs: insights for dry eye disease” Rodrigo Alexandre Silva Marques (Portugal)
- Award 3– “Molecular Characterisation and Resistome Profiling of Serratia
- marcescens Isolates from Canine Ulcerative Keratitis” Chloe Fontaine (UK)
2024 (Barcelona) – “Evaluating the safety and tolerance of mesenchymal stem cell-derived conditioned media in a rat model of glaucoma”. – Alícia Isabel de Sousa Moreira (Portugal)
2023 (Rome) – No application.
Esvo Travel Grant
The ESVO offers a financial support in order to contribute to the dissemination of scientific knowledge and information in the field of veterinary ophthalmology.
This support consists of the reimbursement of registration fees, lodging and travel expenses for students in MSc, Ph.D and residents that will have to present orally or in poster format the results of their work at the ESVO scientific annual meeting.
2025 (Ghent):
- Rodrigo Alexandre Silva Marques (Portugal)
- Lynn-Helen Kindler (Germany)
2024 (Barcelona):
- Ines Filipa Rodriguez (Portugal)
2023 (Rome):
- Miriam Stach (Germany).
Esvo Best Presentation Awards
There is also an ESVO Best Presentation Award (including both oral and poster presentations) in the amount of 500 euros.
The jury members will classify the presentations according to the objectives, contents, clarity of results, scientific interest and presentation merit.
In the end of the Annual Meeting results will be announced.
2025 (Ghent):
- Best oral communication: “Evaluation of fibrous capsule removal rate and visual prognosis following anterior chamber” Akihiko Saito (Japan)
- Best poster presentation: “”Comprehensive and comparative evaluation of the ocular surface homeostasis in two canine breeds” Līga Kovaļčuka (Latvia)
2024 (Barcelona):
- Best presentation: “Assessment of the effect of medial canthoplasty on the tear-film of pugs” David Nutbrown-Hughes (UK)
2023 (Rome):
- Best presentation: “Clinical and genetic characterization of a novel, multiocular defect in Italian hounds.” – Paola Cassarani (Italy)
