AnticipatedClinical trial: Optional / allowed
Foundation Fighting Blindness Career Development Award
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Foundation
Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness (curated) · View original posting ↗
Annual cycle (LOI typically mid-October, application late January) — next round not yet posted.
- AwardWhat a single award can be worth — the funder's published per-award amount or floor–ceiling range.
- Up to $375K
- DeadlineFinal application due date.
- Not yet posted
- Letter of intentDue date for the letter of intent (a short pre-application some funders require or request before the full proposal).
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- MechanismNIH activity code — the grant type (R01 research project, R21 exploratory, K series career development, F series fellowship, …).
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- DurationMaximum project period for a single award.
- 5 yr
- Expected awardsHow many awards the funder anticipates making under this opportunity.
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- Funding cycleHow often the program accepts applications (annual, multiple cycles per year, rolling, or one-time).
- Recurring (annual)
- Open dateWhen applications open (or opened).
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- Total fundingThe overall pool the funder expects to commit across ALL awards under this opportunity — not what one project receives.
- $375K total
- Clinical trialWhether proposed projects must, may, or must not include a clinical trial.
- Optional / allowed
Early careerHigher educationNonprofit
Research areas
Training & career developmentBasic mechanisms & biologyTherapeutics & drug discovery
Auto-classified from the title and description (keyword-based) — may be imperfect.
Description
Five-year award ($75,000/year, up to $375,000) supporting junior clinician-scientists (MD/DO/OD) in their first three years of faculty to advance research on inherited retinal degenerative diseases. Curated entry; verify current terms at the program page.
This funder has no public API, so the entry is manually curated — confirm current amounts, deadlines, and eligibility on the source page.