Holman Prize

No idea is too big, no ambition is too great. The Holman Prize awards up to 25,000.00 USD to blind and visually impaired people to achieve an audacious goal. With only four weeks until applications close, visit www.holmanprize.org to apply. Your blindness or visual impairment could be the key to your success.

Last week members of the Holman Team had the honor and privilege to join Jo and Justine from VI Talk to discuss all things #HolmanPrize! Tune into VI Talk Podcast and learn everything you need to know about Holman Prize, how to apply, and what the judges are looking for in this year's #2021HolmanPrize winners!

Hey future Holman applicants, need some midweek motivation? Check out our Spirit of Holman video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/o4rkyZLBvP0 The Holman Prize for Blind Ambition is all about supporting blind and low vision people achieve their goals, live out their dreams, and change the world’s perception of what it means to be blind. To apply for this year’s Holman Prize visit our website at www.holman.lighthouse-sf.org. You can also like us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @HolmanPrize. Good luck 2021 Holman applicants! #HolmanPrize #2021HolmanPrize #BlindAmbition #LightHouseSF

Calling all blind and low vision leaders, entrepreneurs, inventors, humanitarians, and adventurists! The 2021 Holman Prize for Blind Ambition is now accepting applications today through March 14! Share your dreams and goals of blind ambition with the world and who knows? You just might just be one of the three 2021 Holman Prize winners! For more information on how to apply please visit https://holman.lighthouse-sf.org/apply/. You can also visit the LightHouse for the Blind - San Francisco Bay Area blog post at https://lighthouse-sf.org//holman-prize-applications-are-/.

We are so excited to announce that the 2021 Holman Prize application submission opens TOMORROW! That’s right, blind innovators and leaders, you have from tomorrow until March 14 to get your applications completed and your pitch videos just right. Visit https://holman.lighthouse-sf.org/apply/ to apply! We cannot wait to see what amazing projects from all across the globe await this year’s panel of judges. Good luck, everyone! Photo caption: The Holman Prize logo

Happy World Blindness Awareness Month to all!

As some of you may know, this past Tuesday was the start of Latinx Heritage Month. To commemorate this cultural celebration, we are proud to share an article in Refinery29 written by 2018 Holman Prize winner, @Conchita Hernandez, I Grew up Latinx & Disabled - And I'm Creating the Change I want to See. Keep on shining and changing the world, Conchita! https://www.refinery29.com//blind-latinx-experience-immigr Photo caption: 2018 Holman Prize winner Conchita Hernández smiling and holding her cane

We are so proud to announce the third winner of the 2020 Holman Prize, Dr. Birendra Raj Sharma Pokharel! Dr. Pokharel’s Holman Prize award will fund training for blind women in Nepal to become Medical Tactile Examiners in the early detection of breast cancer. This new program will provide employment for 30 blind Nepalese women who traditionally face enormous barriers to employment. To learn more about this brilliant, life-saving and game-changing endeavor, you can visit the LightHouse website and read more about Birendra. https://lighthouse-sf.org//2020-holman-prize-winners-anno/ Photo caption: 2020 Holman Prize winner Dr. Birendra Raj Sharma Pokharel smiling. #HolmanPrize #HolmanPrize2020 #BlindAmbition

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great privilege and honor that we introduce to you one of the Holman Prize 2020 winners, Tiffany Brar! Brar’s Holman ambition is called Reaching the Unreached. Brar and her team of special educators will be working closely with local leaders and government workers to expand services for the blind into rural and tribal south India. To learn more about this incredible young woman, you can read the rest of her story on the LightHouse for the Blind - San Francisco Bay Area website. https://lighthouse-sf.org//2020-holman-prize-winners-anno/ Photo caption: 2020 Holman Prize winner Tiffany Brar smiling.

LightHouse for the Blind - San Francisco Bay Area and Holman Prize are totally pumped up to introduce another awesome 2020 Holman Prize winner, Tyler Merren! Merren’s ambition is focused on developing ReVision Fitness, an audio-based fitness mobile application. The app will include descriptions of equipment, nutrition, heart rate monitoring, and journal capabilities all in an accessible format. To learn more about Merren, the new fitness guru of the blind community, read his story on the LightHouse website! https://lighthouse-sf.org//2020-holman-prize-winners-anno/ Photo Caption: 2020 Holman Prize winner Tyler Merren smiling. #HolmanPrize #HolmanPrize2020 #BlindAmbition

Self-care is important during these challenging times. Gena Harper writes about her favorite mindful resources for Holman Prize winner Stacy Cervenka's website, the Blind Travelers’ Network.

Weekend entertainment: Watch the submissions from the 2020 Holman Prize Candidates.

There’s seven hours left to apply for the Holman Prize. You can win $25,000 to carry out your dream. Record a 90-second YouTube video and fill out the application by 5 p.m. Pacific.

Our offices might be closed, but applications for our Holman Prize are still being accepted and processed. The deadline to get your submissions to us is still 5:00 p.m. Pacific, tomorrow, Sunday, March 15. Think of your most ambitious plan, tell us all about it in your 90-second video pitch, and fill out the application form. What have you got to lose?

How do the three winners of the 2019 Holman Prize hope to change perceptions about blindness around the world? Listen to the latest Be My Eyes episode to find out. Are you blind or low vision with an awesome idea you’ve always wanted to carry out? Apply for the Holman Prize by March 15 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific at holmanprize.org/apply.

Holman Prize winner Alieu Jaiteh is fulfilling his dream of training blind people in rural Gambia. In these photos, students are learning about the different parts of computers by touching them. You see students touching a keyboard and monitor. For the chance to fulfill your dream, apply for the Holman Prize by March 15 at holmanprize.org/apply.

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