Diana Davis Spencer Clinical Research Fellowship Award
Supports physicians entering inherited retinal degeneration subspecialty training to build clinician-scientists for vision-preserving therapies.
The Diana Davis Spencer Clinical Research Fellowship Award (CRFA), administered by the Foundation Fighting Blindness, supports medical doctors pursuing clinical fellowships specifically in orphan inherited retinal degenerations (IRD). The Foundation Fighting Blindness is a US 501(c)(3) organization established in 1971, funding more than 113 research grants annually across 90 US institutions and in…
Supports one-year clinical fellowship training for medical doctors specializing in orphan inherited retinal degenerations, developing clinician-scientists who advance both patient care and research toward treatments and cures.
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