WAEH Call for Projects 2025
Call for Projects 2025
Each year 2 to 3 projects are funded by the WAEH to help shape and improve ophthalmic care on a global scale.
Examples of projects:
- Assessing Evidence-based Management Practices and variations within WAEH member hospitals
- Evaluating the Provision of Ophthalmic Nurse Education among WAEH member countries
- Volunteer to Career
- Medical Outcomes for Keratoconus and Primary Retinal Detachment
- Development of a patient communication package about How to apply eyedrops the best
- Development of a package for Enucleation
- Improving Efficiency within Intravitreal Injection Clinics
And many more in previous years.
Each project can be budgeted with a budget of a maximum of 7.500 euro. This is paid from the fees of the WAEH membership. You can use the following WAEH project format to send in your project proposal: WAEH project proposal. Please note that all proposals are reviewed by the board. The board will make a decision about the project proposals during the board meeting in March. Due to budget constraints not all project proposals can be accepted.
Round 2025 – Deadline 31 January 2025
Questions? Don’t hesitate to contact Maaike. Send your project proposal to Maaike van Zuilen:
January
Friday, 17 January
Workshop by Moorfields Education: Moorfields corneal suturing and penetrating keratoplasty wet lab
Wednesday, 22 January
Workshop by Moorfields Education: YAG laser training for nurses and AHPs
Thursday, 23 January – Thursday, 30 January
Aravind Eye Care System: Management Priorities in Eye Care Delivery for Heads of Eye Hospitals
Friday, 31 January
WAEH Project Proposals 2025 – Deadline
February
Friday, 7 February
Workshop by Moorfields Education: Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology
Wednesday, 12 February – Tuesday, 25 February
Aravind Eye Care System: Management Training for Eye Care Programme Managers
March
Saturday, 1 March
Workshop by Moorfields Education: Ophthalmic emergency study day
Monday, 10 March
Workshop by Moorfields Education: Pregnancy considerations in women with eye disease: a day of obstetrics for ophthalmologists
Thursday, 13 March – Friday, 14 March
WAEH Board Meeting – This meeting is possibly an in person meeting – want to share ideas with the board? Please send them to Maaike:
Thursday, 20 March, 01.00 PM CET
WAEH Community of Practice Human Resources: Environmental Sustainability – Creating a Culture of Wellbeing with Kristy Davidson from the Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins, USA!
Thursday, 27 March, 01.00 PM CET
WAEH Community of Practice for Nurses and Allied Health Personnel: An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing Pediatric Outpatient Ophthalmology Surgical Pain with Natalia Gurova, Liza Raymundo and Alma Sabanagic from the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, USA
May
Friday, 16 May
Workshop by Moorfields Education: Pregnancy considerations in women with eye disease: a day of ophthalmology for obstetricians
June
Thursday, 12 June, 12.00noon CEST
WAEH Board Meeting: want to share ideas with the board? Please send them to Maaike:
Thursday, 19 June, 01.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice Human Resources
Thursday, 26 June, 01.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice for Nurses and Allied Health Personnel
September
Thursday, 11 September, 12.00noon CEST
WAEH Board Meeting: want to share ideas with the board? Please send them to Maaike:
Thursday, 11 September, 01.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice Human Resources
Thursday, 18 September, 01.00 pm CEST
WAEH Community of Practice for Nurses and Allied Health Personnel
October
Tuesday, 7 October – Saturday, 11 October
19th Annual WAEH Meeting in Switzerland and France
Tuesday, 7 October – Saturday, 11 October, 19th Annual Meeting
WAEH Board Meeting – in person meeting in Switzerland and France – want to share ideas with the board? Please send them to Maaike:
November
Thursday, 6 November, 12.00noon CET
WAEH Board Meeting: want to share ideas with the board? Please send them to Maaike:
December
Thursday, 4 December, 01.00 pm CET
WAEH Community of Practice Human Resources
Thursday, 11 December, 01.00 pm CET
WAEH Community of Practice for Nurses and Allied Health Personnel
2026
January
Saturday, 31 January
WAEH Project Proposals 2026 – Deadline
Questions? Share news?
Do you have a special request? Would you like to organize a webinar or share news? Would you like to be (digitally) connected to a certain person in one of our member eye hospitals? Please feel very welcome to share your questions via the new Community Tool or contact Maaike van Zuilen: Maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org