WICHITA, Kan.—Low vision advocacy organization, Envision was given $75,000 from The Fidelity Bank Foundation. The money will go toward the completion of construction and the ongoing operation of the Envision Research Institute, a facility being constructed within Envision’s headquarters here to serve as a hub of studies of the challenges associated with low vision and practical approaches to addressing them. The Envision Research Institute launched in February with the announcement of two fellowships, and a search has been initiated for two more fellowships to be awarded in 2016.

Envision is one of the nation’s largest employers of individuals who are blind or visually impaired. It maintains on-site facilities, including a state-of-the-art vision rehabilitation center and a childcare facility and preschool offering comprehensive early intervention services. Its capital campaign to complete construction on the Research Institute continues.