Aniridia Network is offering to fund UK professionals to take part in this year’s European Aniridia Conference (EAC), 17-19 April in Sofia, Bulgaria.

EAC enables the sharing of scientific knowledge about the rare genetic eye condition aniridia. Its goal is to prevent sight loss and deal with aniridia’s effects. It brings together patients and the world’s top experts to upskill the clinical, research and aniridic communities.

We are keen for doctors and researchers based in the UK & Ireland to take part, to get insights from those developing and delivering treatments and people living with this complex visual impairment.

We want to improve medical treatment and scientific knowledge through:

• enabling networking
• encouraging collaboration.
• accelerating progress
• avoiding duplication

If you are unable to get support from your institution; our charity will consider paying for your conference ticket plus reasonable travel and accommodation expenses. We would especially like to help people early in their careers.

Apply

Write up to 250 words to info@aniridia.org.uk by 23.59 GMT 31 January explaining:

• why you need the bursary
• how it will meet the goals above and ultimately, (potentially) help people affected by aniridia
• specifics about your work/projects in a way understandable by patients and their relatives.

You can also include (a link to) your resume for background.

If you attend the conference, we expect you to write a blog post for our website and/or speak at our next event, about your experience and what you got from it.

Please pass on details of this opportunity on to people who may be interested.