Career Development Award (Alan Laties Program)
Develops junior clinician-scientists researching inherited retinal degenerative diseases.
The Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) Career Development Award — formally named the Alan Laties Career Development Program — provides five-year salary support for junior clinical faculty conducting research on inherited retinal degenerative diseases (IRD). The Foundation, established in 1971 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, has raised nearly $996 million to date, funding identification o…
Laboratory and clinical research on inherited retinal degenerative diseases, conducted by junior clinical faculty in their first three years of appointment.
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