Scholarships, Awards and Grants | Optometry
2021-22 Scholarships and Awards Recipients (pdf)
The following scholarships, awards and grants are available by application
- Alcon Case Report Award
- ASCO Student Award in Clinical Ethics
- Bernard & Selma Brown Optometry Scholarship for Veterans
- Bernard Maitenaz Scholarship
- Bill Mattingly Memorial Scholarship
- BSK Student Travel Fellowship
- Dr. Larry Alexander Scholarship
- Dr. Pat and Patrick Cummings Scholarship
- Dr. Seymour Galina Scholarship
- Drs. Dennis L. Smith and Nada J. Lingel Award for Excellence in Systemic Disease
- Forest Grove Lions Club Community Service Award
- Meadowcroft Endowed Scholarship
- Minnie and Roseanna Turner Fund for Impaired Vision Research
- Optometrists Change Lives Writing Competition
- OPW Student of the Year Award
- Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute (PCLI) Endowed Scholarship
- Sara Hopkins-Powell Endowed Scholarship
- TLC Laser Refractive Excellence Scholarship
- Walman Optical Scholarship
- Walmart Project Foresight
- Ziskrout, Dana & Katie Endowed Scholarship
- Ziskrout, Sam & Naomi Memorial Scholarship
Endowed scholarships, grants and awards with recipients selected by the Research & Awards Committee, Dean of the College or students:
- AFVA and OPW Scholarship
- Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care
- Brian Hill Memorial Award
- BSK Chapter Award for Exceptional Research
- BSK Silver Medal Award (Valedictorian)
- COVD Award for Excellence in Vision Therapy
- Dean's Award
- Donald A. Bybee Memorial Endowment for Visual Training
- Dr. Francis Jean/IRIS The Visual Group Scholarship
- Dr. Susan Littlefield Public Health Outreach Program Award
- Eschenbach Low Vision Award
- GP Contact Lens Clinical Excellence Award
- GWCO Student Scholarship
- J. Pat Cummings Scholarship
- Optelec Low Vision Award
- Oregon Optometric Physicians Association (OOPA) Scholarships
- Paul Kohl Award for Excellence and Passion in the Area of Pediatrics and Binocular Vision
- Peg Gilbert Award
- PECAA Award for Excellence in Future Private Practice
- PU Alumni Association's Outstanding Graduate Award
- PUCO Outstanding Clinician Award
- PUCO Private Practice Endowed Scholarship
- Tole Greenstein Memorial Award
- Vincent Salierno Scholarship
- VSP & FYI Doctors/AAOF Practice Excellence Scholarship
- William Feinbloom Low Vision Award
- William Ludlam, OD Endowed Scholarship
Financial Needs Scholarships (please check with Linna Armstrong (linnaso@pacificu.edu) on how to apply):
- Bernard Maitenaz Scholarship
- College of Optometry Diversity Endowed Scholarship
- Smythe Scholarship
- Dr. AV & Ruth Jackson Endowed Scholarship
- Gage Scholarship
- Littlefield Family Endowed Scholarship
- Sharon Lingel-Pate Endowment
- Shirley L. Abbott Endowed Fellowship
- Thomas Neal Endowed Scholarship