Brint Family Translational Research Award
Funds preclinical translational research advancing therapies for inherited retinal degeneration and dry AMD.
The Brint Family Translational Research Award (BFTRP), formerly known as TRAP, is administered by the Foundation Fighting Blindness — a US 501(c)(3) public charity established in 1971 that has raised nearly $1 billion toward research into inherited retinal diseases and macular degeneration. BFTRP specifically targets preclinical translational research for inherited retinal degenerations (IRD) and …
Funds preclinical translational research accelerating novel therapies — including small molecules, gene delivery, and restorative cell/tissue approaches — toward clinical application for inherited retinal degenerations and dry AMD.
Sign up free to see the funding breakdown
Sign up free to see the industries in scope
Sign up free to see the full eligibility
Sign up free to see how to apply
Sign up free to see what you submit
Sign up free to see how they score you
Sign up free to see the timeline
Guides for this application
All guides →Grants for Biotech Startups: NIH, NSF, SBIR/STTR, and Non-Dilutive Funding
A practical guide to grants for biotech startups, including NIH SBIR/STTR, NSF, translational funding, evidence, regulatory readiness, and budgets.
Write proposalHow to Write a Grant Proposal Reviewers Can Score
Learn how to write a grant proposal around reviewer criteria, evidence, work packages, budget logic, and commercialization for deeptech and R&D funding.
DocumentsGrant Work Plan Template: Work Packages, Gantt, Milestones, and Risks
Use this grant work plan template to structure work packages, tasks, owners, deliverables, Gantt timing, dependencies, and risk registers.
Write proposalGrant Letter of Intent: How to Write an LOI or Letter of Inquiry
Learn what a grant letter of intent is, when funders ask for LOIs or letters of inquiry, what to include, what to avoid, and how funder rules differ.
More from FFB
All grants from this funder →Individual Investigator Research Award
FFB · United States
Funds investigators advancing research on inherited retinal degeneration and dry AMD.
Diana Davis Spencer Clinical Research Fellowship Award
FFB · United States
Supports physicians entering inherited retinal degeneration subspecialty training to build clinician-scientists for vision-preserving therapies.
Career Development Award (Alan Laties Program)
FFB · United States
Develops junior clinician-scientists researching inherited retinal degenerative diseases.
Disease Model Award
🇺🇸FFB · United States
Funds disease-model development programs for IRD and AMD translational research.
PARD Science Award
🇺🇸FFB · United States
Funds collaborative retinal disease research within Friedreich ataxia scientific programs.
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
🇺🇸FFB · United States
Funds postdoctoral research training in Friedreich ataxia with sustained fellowship support.
Similar grants
Browse the directory →
Wadhwani Innovation Network — Center of Excellence Research Grants
🇮🇳Wadhwani · India
Funds Indian Center of Excellence teams working on deep technology and bioengineering commercialization.
BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA) — Always Open
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom industry-academia teams through partnership awards for precommercial innovation experiments.
NIH SBIR — Receipt (First Post-Reauthorization
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Supports United States. small businesses moving vision innovation from feasibility to development.
NIH STTR — Receipt (First Post-Reauthorization
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Supports small businesses partnering with research institutions on collaborative development pathways.
NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track Pilot
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Supports United States deep-tech startups through a combined early and continuation development route.
BBSRC Applicant-Led (Responsive Mode) — Always Open
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom bioscience researchers through responsive grants that fund investigator-led foundational innovation.