Prémio de Visão António Champalimaud
The Prémio de Visão António Champalimaud (English: Champalimaud Vision Award) is a medical prize awarded by the Portuguese Fundação Champalimaud . It has been awarded annually since 2007 to people and institutions who have achieved success in the fight against blindness .
With prize money of one million euros, it is the world's most highly endowed prize in the field of ophthalmology .
Previous winners
- 2007: Aravind Eye Care System (India)
- 2008: Jeremy Nathans and King-Wai Yau (Johns Hopkins University)
- 2009: Helen Keller International
- 2010: Anthony Movshon (University of New York) and William Newsome (University of Stanford)
- 2011: African Program for Onchocerciasis Control
- 2012: James Fujimoto , David Huang , Carmen Puliafito , Joel Schuman , Eric Swanson and David R. Williams
- 2013: Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology , Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh , Eastern Regional Eye Care Program , Lumbini Eye Institute (all Nepal)
- 2014: Napoleone Ferrara , Joan W. Miller , Evangelos S. Gragoudas , Patricia A. D'Amore , Anthony P. Adamis , George L. King , Lloyd Paul Aiello
- 2015: Kilimanjaro Center for Community Ophthalmology (KCCO), Seva Foundation and Seva Canada
- 2016: Christine Holt , Carol Mason , John Flanagan and Carla Shatz
- 2017: Sightsavers , Christoffel-Blindenmission
- 2018: Jean Bennett , Albert Maguire , Robin Ali , James Bainbridge , Samuel Jacobson , William W. Hauswirth , T. Michael Redmond
- 2019: Instituto da Visão-IPEPO , Altino Ventura Foundation , UNICAMP Ophthalmology Service