The EyeSight Foundation of Alabama is a

nonprofit foundation whose mission is being

a catalyst for improving eyesight through

education, research and access to care.

The foundation was known as the Alabama

Eye Institute, Inc. after the sale of the Eye

Foundation Hospital (now Callahan Eye

Foundation Hospital) in Birmingham, Alabama,

to the University of Alabama Health Services

Foundation and the University of Alabama at

Birmingham. The foundation’s new name—

EyeSight Foundation of Alabama—was

adopted in January 2001.

 

  

Making a difference in the eyes of the world.

 

 

 

  


AREAS OF SUPPORT

ESF awards grants in the following areas:

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Public education regarding preventive and routine eye care and vision screening
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Eye care for the medically indigent
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Low vision and rehabilitation service
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Improved geographical access to general and specialty eyecare services
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Education and training of eye care professionals and scientific investigators
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Research in the prevention and treatment of eye diseases, disabilities or impairment prevalent in Alabama and the development of effective methods of treatment, surgery or rehabilitation
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Basic science research on the visual system