Your IMPACT Through Scholarships and Grants
Since its inception in 2018 ANZEF has awarded close to $700,000 in grants. In 2023, ANZEF grants totaling $260,000 included the following initiatives:
Enhancing Diabetic Retinopathy capacity in the Pacific (three- year funding for traveling orthoptist and educator Rosamond Gilden in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Funding Kāpō Māori Aotearoa (KMA) reps to attend the launch of RANZCO’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi Action Plan
Co-funding with the Australian Department of Health and Bayer Australia of three multi-year STP Cultural Learning and Outreach Pilots for RANZCO trainees in Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia (Total $600,000)
Expansion of Scholarships and Awards – in twelve
months ANZEF awarded 75 scholarships totalling $75,000 to advance ophthalmic education in the Asia-Pacific and support learning and career development for First Nations doctors, medical students and VTP trainees in Australia and New Zealand.
Sponsoring Deadly Cup Carnival , a health promotion and rugby league initiative on Larrakia Country (Darwin)
AIDA cultural safety training for first-year RANZCO trainees
ANZEF Impact Report 2023 - The Difference You Made - 5
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