Disease Model Award
Funds disease-model development programs for IRD and AMD translational research.
The Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) Disease Model Award funds development and validation of innovative non-rodent disease models for inherited retinal diseases (IRD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) established in 1971, has raised nearly $996 million and supports over 113 research grants annually, including investigators at 90 U.S. institutions and lab…
Development, validation, or utilization of non-rodent disease models (in silico, in vitro, or in vivo) for inherited retinal diseases and AMD, excluding proposals primarily focused on therapeutics.
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