"The unrestricted grant, in its second year of a five-year cycle, has been increased this year to $150,000 from $115,000, in response to potential reductions in federal funding and the foundation's recognition of the increased importance for discretionary funding."
"This funding so important because it allows us to support new collaborations, new ideas, things that aren't available for funding through traditional mechanisms, but that could translate to novel and transformative treatments in our journey to prevent blindness, Volpe said."
"This is incredibly critical as Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation is the largest nonfederal funding source of eye research, Volpe said. This award allows us to support new innovative projects that can change the vision research."
The Department of Ophthalmology received an unrestricted Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) grant increased to $150,000 in the second year of a five-year cycle. The increase from $115,000 responds to potential federal funding reductions and recognizes the growing importance of discretionary funding. The grant may be used at the chair's discretion to support priority initiatives and collaborations. The award is given to a limited number of departments after review of research activities, laboratory environment, and the work of clinical and scientific investigators. Unrestricted support enables new collaborations and ideas not available through traditional funding mechanisms and funds new research tools and projects.
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