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NIH Clinical Research Cooperative Agreements - Single Project (UG1)

NEI Collaborative Clinical Vision Research

Funds a collaborative framework — Chair's Grant, Coordinating Center and Resource Centers — for complex, multi-site clinical vision research.

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Some vision trials are too big, too risky, or too complex for a single site to run alone — a multi-center gene-transfer trial, say, or a stem-cell therapy study. This award funds the collaborative structure that kind of trial needs.

The design is named in parts: a Chair's Grant, a Coordinating Center, and one or more Resource Centers, working under a single UG1 cooperative agreement. NIH staff st

UG1 cooperative agreements funding investigator-initiated clinical vision research that is complex, high-resource or needs elevated safety oversight — multi-center trials, human gene-transfer and stem cell therapy trials, and epidemiological studies — addressing the causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of eye and vision conditions across the lifespan, through a Chair's Grant, Coordinating Center and Resource Center(s).

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Multiple per year
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.25 Sept 2026
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.26 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Cooperative agreement
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: PAR-26-119Source: www.grants.gov