MVF: 2023 Helen St. Clair Scholarship Applications Open

The Helen St. Clair scholarship application process for the 2023-2024 year opens March 10. Please note the application and all supporting documents are due (or must be postmarked by) by April 28.

Awarded for the first time in 2017, the Mississippi Vision Foundation has established the Helen Allison St. Clair Optometry Scholarship for optometry students entering the third year of study at an accredited School of Optometry. Applicant must have maintained a 2.5 or higher cumulative GPA in optometry school and be planning to practice optometry in Mississippi upon graduation.

The 2023-2024 Helen Allison St. Clair Optometry Scholarship application is due no later than April 28, 2023. Application form and instructions may be downloaded through the links below. Applicants may call 601-572-0845 or email [email protected] with any questions.

2023 Application

2023 Requirements and Guidelines

Previous Recipients

InfantSEE®

We are proud to be an affiliate of the American Optometric Association and to be enrolled as InfantSEE® providers.

Infant vision development is key to a child’s overall development and a happy, healthy life. InfantSEE is a partnership with the AOA and The Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. The program is designed to make sure that eye and vision care become part of routine infant wellness care in the United States.

Under this program, MOA member optometrists offer a free first eye assessment for infants within the child’s first year of life.