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Vision Research Funding Partnership Event Takes Place Today

Today, Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) and more than 30 other organizations are convening in Washington DC for the Vision Research Funding Partnership event, which was organized around the theme of “The Research Pipeline – From Premise to...
22-Mar-2023 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness Marks $400 Million in Funding to Advance Eye Disease Research

Research to Prevent Blindness announces a new round of awardees who are generating critical knowledge around a host of sight-threatening conditions. With this latest round of funding, RPB has provided more than $400 million in research funding.
21-Dec-2022 5:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Research to Prevent Blindness and Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Announce 2023 Recipient of RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research

David J. Calkins, PhD, has been selected as the 2023 RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research.
30-Aug-2022 5:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Award New Research Grants to Improve Eye Care

Award recipients to use the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) clinical database to improve care for all patients
9-Aug-2022 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Grant from Research to Prevent Blindness and Castle Biosciences Supports Medical Student Research in Ocular Cancer

Research to Prevent Blindness and Castle Biosciences today announced that they are partnering to increase opportunities for medical students to gain research experiences, specifically in the field of ocular cancer.
20-May-2022 7:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Glaucoma Research Grant Available

Research to Prevent Blindness and Aerie Pharmaceuticals are partnering to provide grant opportunities to support novel research in glaucoma.
17-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Vision Science Research Grant for Students of Osteopathic Medicine

Research to Prevent Blindness and the American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation announce a new multi-year partnership to provide opportunities for students of osteopathic medicine to gain...
12-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness Opens Applications for up to $4.7 Million in Vision Research Grants

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is pleased to open a new round of grant funding, up to $4.7 million, for high-impact vision research. With a focus on scientific excellence, RPB funds grants into research across all sight-threatening conditions.
2-May-2022 8:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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The mission of Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is to preserve and restore vision by supporting research to develop treatments, preventives and cures for all conditions that damage and destroy sight. Since it was founded in 1960, RPB has channeled more than $403 million into eye research. As a result, RPB has been identified with nearly every major breakthrough in vision research in that time.

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