DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Funds basic-through-early-translational research on service-connected eye injury or visual dysfunction — clinical trials are not part of this one.
Most vision research ideas are not ready for a clinical trial. This award funds the stage before that, for eye injury and visual dysfunction tied to military service.
The Investigator-Initiated Research Award supports basic through early translational research — preclinical studies, clinical research, or both — aimed at highly impactful discoveries or major advances in eye-injury and visual-dysfu…
Basic through early translational research on service-connected eye injury or visual dysfunction, across two applicant-chosen Funding Levels, aligned with at least one FY26 Vision Research Program Focus Area. Clinical trials are not funded under this mechanism.
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