June 15, 2026
SUNY Optometry Faculty Awarded $500,000 Grant From American Academy of Optometry Foundation & Meta Reality Labs Research
A team of faculty researchers has been awarded a $500,000 Myopia Research Grant from the American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) and Meta Reality Labs Research to study how children’s everyday visual experiences may contribute to the development and progression of myopia, or nearsightedness.