Scholarship Program
Summer Scholarship Program
The program consists of education and research experience in the diagnosis and management of eye disease. It is conducted at the Eye Associates with portions of the program conducted at various University of Toronto teaching hospitals, other hospitals, and doctors’ offices encompassing all sub-specialty areas in ophthalmology. Each student must participate in at least one research project that is supported by the Eye Foundation of Canada.
To date, there have been 58 EFC Summer Scholars since the program began in 1991; 75% of whom have gone on to careers in Ophthalmology.
PRIOR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
- T. Mark Johnson Western University 1992
- Iqbal Ahmed University of Toronto 1993
- Michael Mills Western University 1994
- Rose Bilotta University of Toronto 1995
- Kevin Leung University of Toronto 1995
- Joseph Ma University of Toronto 1996
- Mark Chandra Queens University 1997
- Garrett Kovarik University of Ottawa 1997
- Hadi Hani University of Toronto 1998
- Hyoung Lho University of Toronto 1999
- Sanraj Bassi University of Saskatchewan 2000
- David Albiani Queens University 2000
- Edward Wong Western University 2001
- Jason D. Blair Queens University 2002
- Yi Ning Strube Queens University 2002
- Clara Chan Queens University 2003
- Kamrouz Kassiri University of Manitoba 2003
- Sylvia Chen McGill University 2004
- Azien Safarpour University of Ottawa 2004
- William Dubinski Queens University 2005
- Keyvan Koushan University of Toronto 2005
- Steven Schendel University of Alberta 2006
- King Chow Western University 2006
- Dominik Podbielski University of Toronto 2007
- Silvia Odorcic University of Toronto 2007
- Alec Yarascavitch McMaster University 2008
- Matthew R. Lincoln University of Toronto 2008
- Kim Le University of Toronto 2009
- Paul Bastinanelli McGill University 2009
- Jonathan Micieli McGill University 2010
- Syed Yaser Habeeb Queens University 2010
- Stephan Ong Tone McGill University 2011
- Richard Norman University of Toronto (E) 2012
- Parampal Grewal University of British Columbia (W) 2012
- Henry Fung University of Toronto (E) 2013
- Irfan Kherani University of Alberta (W) 2013
- Thomas Berk University of Toronto (E) 2014
- Maya Tong University of British Columbia (W) 2014
- Aaron Chan University of Toronto (E) 2015
- Pauline Sawicki University of Toronto (W) 2015
- Harry Dang University of Ottawa 2016
- Daniel Li University of Toronto 2016
- Tina Felfeli University of Toronto 2017
- Harrish Nithianandan University of Ottawa 2017
- Austin Pereira University of Toronto 2018
- Carter Lim University of Ottawa 2018
- Albert Hu University of Alberta 2019
- Mark Lukewich University of Toronto 2019
- Yusuf Ahmed University of Toronto 2020
- Yuri Chaban University of Toronto 2020
- Rishi Gupta University of Ottawa 2021
- Dylan Whitney University of Alberta 2021
- Michael Balas University of Toronto 2022
- Gareth Leung University of Ottawa 2022
- M. Shayyan Wasim University of Saskatchewan 2023
- Brendan Tao University of British Columbia 2023
- Matthaeus Ware University of Toronto 2024
- Joshua Bierbrier Queens University 2024
Apply
The Eye Foundation is proud to have received an overwhelming interest by the best and brightest of Canada’s medical students for the 2024 Scholarship Program. We thank and congratulate all applicants for their submissions and continued dedication to ophthalmic studies and vision care.
We are pleased to announce that Matthaeus Ware and Joshua Bierbrier were selected as this year’s 2024 scholarship recipients. We have no doubt in their ongoing success as they complete the scholarship program this summer!
We will be accepting applications for the 2025 Scholarship Program starting November 1, 2024, with an application deadline of February 7, 2025.
In order to apply, please follow these instructions:
- Send us an email at info@eyefoundationcanada.ca with the subject line – “2025 Student Scholarship Application – [your full name]”
- In the email, please:
- Tell us about yourself and your interest in the program
- Include your Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Confirm your dates of availability during the summer of 2025. Prospective candidates must be available for 8–10 weeks to be considered.
If you have any questions or comments, email us through the form below. Good luck!
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