The Ouvrir les yeux (OLY) association awards two prizes to young PhD graduates in science, medicine, or pharmacy for their work on hereditary optic neuropathies (HON). Application deadline for the 2026 edition: March 16.
Next April, the Ouvrir les yeux (OLY) association will announce the recipients of its Young Researchers Hope Prizes. Through these awards, the association aims to support young PhD whose fundamental, translational, or clinical research advances knowledge of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, or therapeutic management of hereditary optic neuropathies (HON). Applications must be submitted via the dedicated page on the OLY association’s website (in French) no later than Monday, March 16 at 17:00.The recipient of the doctoral thesis prize in science will receive €1,000, while the awardee in medicine or pharmacy will receive €500. The official award ceremony will take place in May.
The MitoGether associations supporting research
These awards more broadly illustrate the support that various MitoGether associations provide to researchers. For example, in 2025, Warrior Gab supported a team in Angers, while A.M.Mi funded projects in Angers as well as, in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Caen, and Montpellier. For its part, CMT France has decided to support, through two calls for proposals, a team from Aix-Marseille University and another in Belgium. Finally, through its annual call for proposals and its thematic calls for projects, AFM-Téléthon funds numerous projects dedicated to mitochondrial diseases. In 2024, for instance, the association supported more than 20 teams in France and abroad, working both on these conditions and on the mitochondrial component of other rare diseases, as well as on the biology of these energy-producing powerhouses essential to the organism.
Whatever their size or resources, the MitoGether associations are also there to support researchers!