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Research Grants
Research Grants for Fiscal Year 2020
NIH AWARDS
Alessandra Angelucci, MD, PhD
Parallel Pathways in Visual Cortex: Functional Connectivity of Output Pathways from Area V1 to Area V2—$378,125
Anatomical and Functional Organization of Inter-Areal Feedback Circuits in the Visual Cortex, and Their Impact on Neuronal Responses —$389,942
Role of Top-Down Feedback in Visual Perception—$106,064
Wolfgang B. Baehr, PhD
Photoreceptor Ciliopathies: Unc119 Paralogs and Nphp10/Nphp5—$372,500
Core Vision Research Grant—$707,139
Vision Research Training Grant—$155,277
Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD
Biochemistry & Pharmacology of the Macular Carotenoids—$381,250
Carotenoid Supplementation During Pregnancy: Ocular and Systemic Effects—$228,750
Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD
Mechanisms of Angiogenesis in ROP—$394,976
Endothelial Transmigration in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration—$381,250
Medical Student Research Program in Eye Health and Disease—$25,473
Bryan W. Jones, PhD
Retinal Remodeling—$399,904
Retinal Circuitry—$726,748
David Krizaj, PhD
Molecular Mechanisms of Mechanotransduction in the Aqueous Outflow Pathway—$381,250
Neda Nategh, PhD
Extrastriate Mechanisms of Visuospatial Perception During Eye Movements—$381,250
Behrad Noudoost, MD, PhD
Understanding the Prefrontal Mechanisms Involved in the Enhancement and Maintenance of Visual Signals—$380,000
Sensory Recruitment by Working Memory: Neuronal Basis and Neural Circuitry—$350,750
Understanding the Neural Basis for Recruitment of Visual Areas by Working Memory—$190,625
Frans Vinberg, PhD
Assessment of Retinal Function in Health and Disease from Mouse to Human—$240,537
Jun Yang, PhD
Function of C8ORF37 In Photoreceptors—$581,250
Understanding the Functions of USH2A and ADGRV1 in Photoreceptors by Identifying Their Interacting Proteins—$228,750
OTHER FEDERAL AWARDS
Alessandra Angelucci, MD, PhD
National Science Foundation—Optogenetic Investigation—$100,000
FOUNDATION AWARDS
Bryan W. Jones, PhD
Research to Prevent Blindness—$75,000
Eileen Hwang, MD, PhD
Thrasher Research Foundation—$13,571
Randall J Olson, MD
Research to Prevent Blindness—$115,000
Frans Vinberg, PhD
International Retinal Research Foundation—$99,750
Research to Prevent Blindness—$75,000
Diabetes Research Connection—$60,000
Wolfgang B. Baehr, PhD
Knights Templar—$65,000
Retina Research Foundation—$33,000
Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD
Lowy Medical Research Institute—$220,317
Knights Templar—$65,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness—$100,000
Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD
Knights Templar—$63,226
Jun Yang, PhD
International Retinal Research Foundation—$100,000
