Contact Congress

Through our partnership with the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR), U.S.-based ARVO members can contact your Senators and Representatives and urge them to support robust funding for vision research and to protect the resources needed to develop treatments that preserve and restore sight. 

✅ Support vision research funding in FY26

✅ Push back on the bill for an $859 million cut to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Prgoram (CDMRP)

✅ NIH indirect cost cap threatens scientific research. 

✅ Future Leaders in Sight (FLIS) urge Congress to protect the NEI. 

✅ Push back on the House proposal to consolidate the NEI into a broader institute on neuroscience.

You can easily take action by sending a letter to your elected officials using NAEVR's Contact Congress template. Let them know that investing in vision research is about saving sight and improving lives.