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Prevent Blindness America Investigator Award
The Prevent Blindness America Investigator Award provides funding for research investigating public health related to eye health and safety.
The application deadline is March 30, 2012.
Applications will be accepted in the following priority areas in adult vision, children’s vision, or eye injury:
Burden/economic aspects of eye disease/vision loss on society Best practices to integrate vision screening/follow up care to system care access Vision program effectiveness/evaluation
All research grants need to promote the core mission of Prevent Blindness America – preventing blindness and preserving sight. Basic laboratory science research will not be supported under this program.
Grants are for a one-year period, up to $30,000 and are reviewed by a committee of ARVO members.
All investigators must be citizens and permanent residents of either the United States or Canada. The applicant must be working in either the United States or Canada. All published materials and positions relative to research and eye-health will be listed on the application. Level of experience and related field work will be taken into consideration by the reviewers. A complete budget and detailed description of the research project will be required. All researchers will be required to remain in the United States or Canada for the duration of the project.
Contact Nita Patel, PBA Director of Public Health at 312-363-6019 or npatel@preventblindness.org with any questions.
Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Awards
Please note: Grant applications are not available on RPB's website. For complete grant guidelines and applications, or if you have any questions regarding RPB's Grants Program, contact RPB's Grant Administrator at 212.752.4333 or pmoran@rpbusa.org.
RPB accepts grant applications twice a year, January 1st and July 1st, for the grant categories listed below. Guidelines and application forms must be requested by the chair of the department of ophthalmology or the department's grant coordinator. Departments of ophthalmology must have an RPB Unrestricted / Challenge Grant in order to apply for individual grants, and only permanent, full-time department chairs are eligible to apply for an Unrestricted / Challenge Grant.
New chairs should speak with RPB's Chief Operating Officer prior to the submission of an application. If a proposal for an Unrestricted or Challenge Grant is rejected, the chair must wait two years before reapplying, so RPB strongly encourages thorough preparation and planning before an application is submitted.
RPB CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS help recruit young MDs &/or PhDs to eye research and support promising junior ophthalmology faculty. The $250,000 grant is payable in equal annual installments over four years. Candidates may be sought from either ophthalmology or basic science departments within one's own institution or from other institutions. Nominees must have, or be recruited to, primary appointments in ophthalmology with academic positions up to and including Assistant Professor. Nominations must be made during the last year of the candidate's most recent postdoc training (residency or fellowship), or within the ensuing three years. MDs will be required to devote at least 50% of their time to research activities. PhDs must have secondary appointments in basic science departments (which must provide a small portion of salary support).
Research to Prevent Blindness Special Scholars Awards
RPB SPECIAL SCHOLARS AWARDS, ranging in amount from $25K to $75K, are granted each spring to encourage promising young ophthalmic researchers. Nominees must be Assistant Professors, with primary appointments in the department of ophthalmology. Proposals should reflect independent research. Only one Scholars Award candidate per school may be nominated per spring review cycle.
Research to Prevent Blindness Scientific Investigator Awards
RPB SENIOR SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATOR AWARDS in the amount of $150,000 a piece support well established scientists functioning with primary appointments as full Professors in departments of ophthalmology. Candidates must be recognized as national leaders in their field of scientific interest and be actively engaged in eye research. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of the nominee's ongoing research activities – this is not a prize for past achievements. Only one nomination per school may be made each year.
Jules and Doris Stein Research to Prevent Blindness Professorships
JULES AND DORIS STEIN RPB PROFESSORSHIPS help attract exceptionally talented basic scientists to devote their careers to eye research. RPB Grantee department heads may recruit from basic science departments outside of or within their own institution. The nominee must be recruited into a primary appointment in the ophthalmology department, with a secondary appointment in a basic science department (which must provide a small portion of salary support). RPB funds these professorships with $625,000 over a five-year period, and offers a matching grant of up to $150,000 to help renovate and equip lab space to be utilized by the Awardee. After the fourth year of funding, RPB will accept applications to extend support for an additional two years, bringing the total potential support to $1,025,000.
Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted & Challenge Grants
RPB UNRESTRICTED GRANTS provide maximum flexibility in developing and expanding eye research programs. These annual $100K grants provide opportunities for creative planning that go beyond the scope of restricted project grants that scientists normally depend upon for their principal support. Only departments of ophthalmology with a full-time, permanent chair at university-connected medical schools are eligible for support.
RPB CHALLENGE GRANTS encourage growth for newly-emerging eye research programs and recently appointed research directors at non-grantee ophthalmology departments at university-connected medical schools. These unrestricted $220K grants are awarded over a 4-year period.
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