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Fighting Blindness is delighted to announce that Retina 2020 has won best Educational Meeting of the Year (webinar).

Fighting Blindness Emerging Researcher Award Fighting Blindness are now accepting applications for the ‘Emerging Researcher Award’. Please see the Guidelines for Applicants for full information on the award. Introduction A key priority for Fighting Blindness is to support the next generation of vision researchers. We recognise…

Fighting Blindness Career Development Award Fighting Blindness are now accepting applications for the ‘Career Development Award’. Please see the Guidelines for Applicants for full information on the award. Introduction A key priority for Fighting Blindness is to support the next generation of vision researchers. We recognise…

Horizons is our Support Service peer support group, for parents of children living with sight loss.

Stephen Surdival completed the full leg of the Paris2Nice cycle and raised an amazing €7,600 in aid of Fighting Blindness. We are so grateful for his wonderful support!

The autumn edition of our Visionaries newsletter is here. Read about our latest research, advocacy and fundraising news.

Join us on Saturday 6 November for our second virtual Public Engagement Day.

Retina 2020 shortlisted for best Educational Meeting of the Year (webinar)  Fighting Blindness are delighted that Retina 2020 has been shortlisted in the Educational Meeting of the Year (webinar) category at the 2021 Irish Healthcare Awards. The Irish Healthcare Awards are Ireland’s leading and most prestigious medical Awards.

Fighting Blindness is a patient-led charity with a vision to cure blindness, support people living with sight loss and empower patients. We are the only Irish charity funding research into treatments for sight loss. To date, we have invested over €20 million in more than 115 research and clinical projects.