Michigan Foundation for Vision Awareness Endowment Funds - Optometric Scholarships
MFVA Scholarship applicants must be a resident of Michigan and plan to practice in Michigan, be a third year student in a college of optometry, have a 2.65 GPA or better in professional school, and will be based heavily on the need of financial assistance to complete their education.
Your Scholarship Online Submission Request will be e-mailed automatically upon clicking on the "Submit" button at the end of the application to MFVA's Scholarship Trustee, Julia A. Holmes, O.D. You must "Submit" your online request after January 1st and no later than April 30th.
In addition, you are responsible to see to it that a reference letter from a professor at your college of optometry and original academic transcript (not a copy) arrive prior to the same submission deadline in order for your application to be reviewed. These can be e-mailed by your professor and University to Dr. Holmes at holmes.julia@charter.net and again it is your responsibility that your reference and academic institution have these submitted on time.
If the reference letter and academic transcript are to be mailed the address is as follows;
Dr. Julia A. Holmes
3284 Saratoga Springs Dr.
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Scholarship Application questions are to be directed to:
Dr. Julia Holmes via email: holmes.julia@charter.net.
PLEASE NOTE that as a potential recipient of a MFVA scholarship, it is understood and agreed that should a scholarship be awarded to the applicant, upon receipt of the applied for scholarship by the applicant, MFVA is granted license by the applicant to use the applicant's name and image/likeness/logo for the limited purpose of publicizing the disbursed scholarship in MFVA publications/social media and/or at MFVA public appearances. Requests for exemption from the aforementioned licensing agreement must be made separately in writing and accompany the scholarship application at the time of its submission.
MFVA Scholarship Application
If you have supporting documentation that you would like to be submitted with your application, please email that information to ContactMFVA@gmail.com.