Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) – LOIs

FFB supports basic, laboratory-based early translational, clinical studies, and pre-clinical research applicable to inherited retinal degenerative diseases (IRD). The goal is to find the causes, preventions, treatments, and cures for retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases. FFB has identified 6 Research Priority Areas: Genetic Technologies / Restorative Therapies / Novel Medical Therapies / Clinical: Structure and Function / Genetics / Cell and Molecular Mechanisms of Disease.

FFB encourages researchers from all scientific disciplines that have ideas geared toward eliminating IRDs to apply to a grant or award program. Individuals from underrepresented racial, ethnic and gender groups, as well as individuals with disabilities, are always encouraged to apply.

* Individual Investigator Research Award: designed to concentrate research in areas with the greatest potential to move toward treatments and cures for the inherited orphan retinal degenerative diseases and dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD). Funding: up to $300K over 3 years.

* Disease Model Award: to develop, validate, or utilize non-rodent disease models (in silico, in vitro, or in vivo) for therapeutic development for IRD and dAMD. Funding: $300,000 to $1,000,000, distributed over 3 to 5 years.

* Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: supports the training of postdoctoral fellows (Ph.D. earned within the past 5 years) engaged in innovative research projects focused on IRD and dAMD. The fellowship provides financial support, allowing fellows to pursue innovative research. Working closely with mentors to foster professional growth, networking, and potential long-term collaborations. Funding: $160K over 2 years.

www.fightingblindness.org/grants-and-award-programs