The Australian and New Zealand Eye Foundation (ANZEF), the philanthropic arm of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO), has announced its grant recipients for 2024.

Among those sharing this year’s AU$228,915 (NZ$248,963) fund are New Zealand initiatives ‘The economic burden on parents of children who need glasses’, led by Dr Justin Mora, and ‘Slowing the cone: arresting keratoconus on the coast’, led by Gisborne Hospital’s Associate Professor Graham Wilson, Rachel Cook and Drs Jason Rodier and Sheng Hong.  

This year’s other grant recipients are: 

• Top-end preschool vision screening pilot: bridging the gap in children’s eye health in the NT – led by Dr Nishantha Wijesinghe, Royal Darwin Hospital 
• Our vision our way: supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership of the next National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Plan – led by Lose Fonua, First Nations Eye Health Alliance 
• Papua New Guinea paediatric ophthalmology fellowship – led by Drs Kimberley Tan and Cesar Carillo, Sight For All 
• Eyes on Sumba: empowering eye health in rural Indonesia – led by Dr Mark Ellis AM, Foresight Australia

ANZEF’s annual grant rounds are designed to support projects advancing eye health equity and access in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.