Ophthalmology Funding: Annual List 2.2025

NEI Regenerative Medicine Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

NEI Clinical Research Study Planning Grant Program (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

NEI Research Grant for Vision-Related Secondary Data Analysis (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

NEI Translational Research Program for Therapeutics (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

NEI Translational Research Program for Therapeutics (R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$1,000,000USD

Research Grants

Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation (SSF)

1-Mar-25

$100,000USD

Advancing Vision Health Equity through Multi-level Interventions and Community-Engaged Research (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

3-Mar-25

Exfoliation Syndrome, Exfoliation Glaucoma and Intraocular Pressure-Independent Mechanisms of Optic Nerve Degeneration in Glaucoma

The Glaucoma Foundation (TGF)

17-Mar-25

$75,000USD

AACR-Ocular Melanoma Foundation Career Development Award, in honor of Robert C. Allen, MD

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

21-Mar-25

$150,000USD

NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research Project: Coordinating Center Grant (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

7-May-25

NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research: Chair's Grant (UG1-Clinical Trial Required)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

7-May-25

NEI Cooperative Agreement for Early-Stage Clinical Trials with Greater than Minimal Risk (U01 Clinical Trial Required)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

7-May-25

Research grants

International Retinal Research Foundation

15-May-25

$200,000USD

Research grants

Childhood Eye Cancer Trust

19-May-25

£50,000GBP

NEI Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Cooperative Agreement for Early-Stage Clinical Trials with Greater than Minimal Risk (U44-Clinical Trial Required)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

28-May-25

$2,000,000USD

Translational Research Acceleration Program (TRAP) Award

Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)

4-Jun-25

$1,000,000USD

LIMITED Career Advancement Awards

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

15-Jun-25

$150,000USD

LIMITED Catalyst Awards for Innovative Research Approaches for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

15-Jun-25

$300,000USD

LIMITED Physician-Scientist Awards

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

15-Jun-25

$300,000USD

Stein Innovation Awards

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

15-Jun-25

$300,000USD

LIMITED RPB Career Development Awards

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

15-Jun-25

$350,000USD

LIMITED International Research Collaborators Award

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

15-Jun-25

$75,000USD

Research grant

Retina Society

30-Jun-25

$50,000USD

Challenge Grants

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

1-Jul-25

$300,000USD

Unrestricted Grants

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

1-Jul-25

$115,000USD

Korb-Exford Dry Eye Career Development Grant

American Academy of Optometry Foundation

American Academy of Optometry (AAO)

1-Jul-25

$25,000USD

Shaffer Research Grants

Glaucoma Research Foundation

15-Jul-25

$55,000USD

Macular Degeneration Research Program

BrightFocus Foundation

25-Jul-25

$600,000USD

Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research

Health Resources in Action (HRiA)

22-Aug-25

$500,000USD

Macula Society Research Grant Program

The Macula Society

6-Sep-25

$35,000USD

CCRP Initiative: Chemical Threat Agent-induced Pulmonary and Ocular Pathophysiological Mechanisms (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

24-Sep-25

LIMITED NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

30-Sep-25

Blepharospasm/Meige Syndrome Research Grants

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation, Inc. (BEBRF)

30-Sep-25

$50,000USD

Everest Grant Award

National Marfan Foundation (NMF)

30-Sep-25

$800,000USD

Dr. David L. Epstein Award

ARVO Foundation for Eye Research (AFER)

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

1-Oct-25

$100,000USD

Genentech Career Development Award for Underrepresented Minority Emerging Vision Scientists

ARVO Foundation for Eye Research (AFER)

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

1-Oct-25

$100,000USD

Free Family Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Award

Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)

3-Oct-25

$600,000USD

Health Research Grants

California Table Grape Commission

8-Oct-25

$40,000USD

Program Project Award (PPA)

Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)

12-Oct-25

$2,500,000USD

Pilot Study Grants

Retina Research Foundation (RRF)

22-Oct-25

$50,000USD

Career Development Award

National Marfan Foundation (NMF)

23-Oct-25

$100,000USD

Innovators Award

National Marfan Foundation (NMF)

23-Oct-25

$100,000USD

Individual Investigator Research Award/Clinical Innovation Award

Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)

24-Oct-25

$300,000USD

National Glaucoma Research (NGR): Standard Awards

BrightFocus Foundation

31-Oct-25

$200,000USD

ISER/Retina Research Foundation Paul Kayser international award in retina research

International Society for Eye Research (ISER)

1-Dec-25

$50,000USD

Resident Grant Program

ACVO Vision for Animals Foundation

2-Dec-25

$7,500USD

LIMITED RPB/LCIF Low Vision Research Award | RPB / Lions Clubs International Foundation Low Vision Research Award (LVRA)

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

15-Dec-25

$300,000USD

LIMITED Walt and Lilly Disney Award for Ambylopia Research

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

15-Dec-25

$150,000USD

Career Development Award

Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)

1-Feb-26

$375,000USD

Perception, Action and Cognition

Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

3-Feb-26

Ted and Elaine Welp Enhanced Career Development Program Award (Enhanced CDA)

Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)

Continuous

$510,000USD

Operational research on endgame challenges

Task Force for Global Health

Continuous

Investigator-Initiated Study (IIS) Program

AbbVie Inc.

Continuous