Foundation Fighting Blindness

Open programs5

1. Career Development Award (CDA)

   Foundation Fighting Blindness offers the Career Development Award (CDA) to advance junior clinical research scientists working to prevent, treat, and cure retinal degenerative diseases by supporting laboratory and clinical research, elucidating disease mechanisms, and developing innovative therapies.

   FellowshipOphthalmology / Vision Science (Retinal Degenerative Diseases)

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $375,000

2. Clinical Research Fellowship Award (CRFA)

   The Foundation Fighting Blindness offers the Clinical Research Fellowship Award (CRFA) to fund one‑year clinical fellowships for physicians investigating orphan inherited retinal degenerations, aiming to train clinician-scientists who provide patient care and advance research toward prevention, treatment, and cures.

   FellowshipHealth (Ophthalmology/Retinal Degeneration)

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $195,000

3. Individual Investigator Research Award (IIRA)

   Foundation Fighting Blindness offers the Individual Investigator Research Award to support research aimed at treatments and cures for inherited retinal degenerative diseases and dry age-related macular degeneration, providing approximately $100,000 per year for up to three years.

   Research ProjectHealth (Vision/Ophthalmology)

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $300,000

4. Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

   The Foundation Fighting Blindness offers the Postdoctoral Fellowship Award to support two-year research training in inherited retinal degenerations (IRD) and dry age-related macular degeneration, providing $80,000 per year to enable innovative projects, mentorship, professional development, and networking.

   Post-doctoralOphthalmology (inherited retinal degenerations, dry age-related macular degeneration)

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $160,000

5. Program Project Award (PPA)

   Foundation Fighting Blindness offers the Program Project Award (PPA) to fund cross-disciplinary, collaborative research targeting retinal degenerative diseases (e.g., retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome), supporting large or technically complex projects unified around a single hypothesis with clearly defined milestones; funding may be up to $500,000 per year for up to five years.

   Research ProjectHealth

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $2,500,000

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