Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)

Open programs11

1. RPB Career Development Award

   Research to Prevent Blindness offers the four-year, $350,000 Career Development Award to support promising junior ophthalmology faculty pursuing independent, sight-saving vision research.

   OtherHealth

   Deadline

   Jan 10, 2027

   Amount

   $350,000

2. RPB International Research Collaborators Award

   Research to Prevent Blindness offers the $75,000, one-year International Research Collaborators Award to strengthen U.S.–international research partnerships that advance knowledge, skills, and treatments for blinding disorders.

   Collaboration/Cooperative AgreementHealth

   Deadline

   Jan 10, 2027

   Amount

   $75,000

3. RPB Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship

   Research to Prevent Blindness offers a one-year, $30,000 Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship for medical students to take a year away from allopathic medical school to conduct ophthalmic research in an RPB-supported department.

   FellowshipHealth

   Deadline

   Jan 10, 2027

   Amount

   $30,000

4. RPB Stein Innovation Awards

   Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) offers Stein Innovation Awards of $300,000 for three years to support high-risk, high-gain vision research that advances understanding of the visual system and diseases affecting vision.

   Research ProjectVision science and ophthalmology

   Deadline

   Jan 10, 2027

   Amount

   $300,000

5. RPB Physician-Scientist Award

   Research to Prevent Blindness offers the Physician-Scientist Award to support clinical, translational, and basic vision research by clinician-investigators, providing $300,000 over three years without restricting proposals to a specific scientific focus.

   Research ProjectOphthalmology and vision science

   Deadline

   Jun 15, 2027

   Amount

   $300,000

6. Career Advancement Award (RPB)

   Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) offers the Career Advancement Award, a one‑time $150,000 grant paid over two years to support outstanding early‑career vision scientists in collecting new data to secure a second NIH R01.

   Research ProjectVision Science/Ophthalmology

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $150,000

7. Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship

   The RPB Foundation offers a fellowship for medical students to pursue ophthalmology research, providing a $30,000 grant for a year-long project.

   FellowshipOphthalmology

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $30,000

8. RPB Career Development Award

   The RPB Foundation offers a Career Development Award to foster the research careers of junior ophthalmology faculty.

   FellowshipOphthalmology

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $350,000

9. RPB International Research Collaborators Award

   The RPB Foundation offers a unique opportunity for U.S. researchers to collaborate internationally, focusing on blinding disorders research.

   Collaboration/Cooperative AgreementHealth (Ophthalmology)

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $75,000

10. RPB Stein Innovation Award

    The RPB Stein Innovation Awards, offered by the RPB Foundation, provide funding for vision researchers to explore innovative approaches to understanding the visual system and related diseases.

    Research ProjectHealth (Ophthalmology / Vision Science)

    Deadline

    Not listed

    Amount

    $300,000

11. RPB Walt and Lilly Disney Award for Amblyopia Research

    The RPB Walt and Lilly Disney Award for Amblyopia Research, sponsored by the RPB foundation, offers grants to advance research in amblyopia diagnosis and treatment.

    Research ProjectOphthalmology

    Deadline

    Not listed

    Amount

    $150,000

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