NEI R01 Research Project Grant
Funds investigator-led basic and clinical vision science at research institutions across the United States.
The NIH National Eye Institute (NEI) R01 Research Project Grant is NIH's flagship independent investigator mechanism and NEI's highest-volume funding instrument. NEI funds R01 applications across all ten of its extramural program areas: Retina, Cornea, Lens and Cataract, Glaucoma and Optic Neuropathies, Low Vision and Blindness Rehabilitation, Strabismus/Amblyopia/Visual Processing, Collaborative …
Basic, translational, and clinical vision research across NEI's 10 program areas: retina, cornea, lens and cataract, glaucoma, low vision, strabismus/amblyopia, collaborative clinical, training, research resources, and small business.
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