Project Grant F32EY038634
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under its Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco a Project Grant of $321,364 (award date: June 1, 2025; completion date: December 31, 2027) to conduct research on neural mechanisms of sensory encoding following photoreceptor degeneration. The research will investigate how retinal circuits adapt to cone loss and how these compensatory mechanisms affect visual...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award Details: Funding Agency: National Eye Institute (NEI) Federal Grant Program: Vision Research (CFDA 93.867) Awardee: Newhaptics Corp, Ann Arbor, Michigan Total Obligated Funds: $559,871 Award Date: July 1, 2025 Project Period: Two years (completion date June 30, 2027) Products and Services: Newhaptics Corp will develop TITO (Touch-In-Touch-Out), a refreshable Braille and tactile graphic display device equipped with multipoint touch sensing capabilities designed...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) awarded $2,143,860 to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, on August 11, 2025, for a project titled "Mechanisms for Generative Vision in the Primate Ventral Stream." The project, scheduled for completion by June 30, 2030, investigates how the primate brain's visual system implements the "analysis by...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded $1,219,752 to the University of California, Santa Barbara on September 15, 2025, for a two-year project extending through September 14, 2027. This Project Grant supports the development and implementation of data-efficient methods for natural image reconstruction from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data to advance visual neuroscience research. The research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary XR Navigation Inc. received a $1.01M Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The award funds the commercialization and optimization of AUDIOM, a multimodal, Large Language Model (LLM) chat-based digital map viewer designed to provide blind and low vision individuals comprehensive access to thematic maps for scientific and civic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $621,250 Project Grant on September 15, 2025, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to develop Gaze-Contingent AI-Enabled Low Vision Assistive Technology (GALVAT). This collaborative initiative, extending through August 31, 2027, brings together the low vision divisions at Johns Hopkins University and the Chicago Lighthouse, Applied Universal Dynamics Corp, and the Pritzker Institute...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a Project Grant totaling $134,106.00 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) on September 15, 2025. The project, titled "The Contribution of the Mammalian Visual Cortex to Stabilizing Locomotion," will be conducted through August 31, 2027, at UCSF's San Francisco facility. The research addresses non-image forming visual pathways and their...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $127,785 Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), with an award date of September 15, 2025 and completion date of December 31, 2025. This research project investigates the neural mechanisms underlying active vision in freely moving marmosets through innovative head-mounted eye-tracking technology combined with simultaneous neural recording from multiple...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Columbia University's Health Sciences Division received a $149,264 Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), with an award date of May 1, 2026 and completion targeted for September 29, 2028. This grant supports research examining the representation and computation of semantic categories in the dorsal visual stream of primates. The project investigates how the primate brain generates neural representations that...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $479,417 Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2030. This research initiative, titled "Visuocortical Foundations of Development," will deliver comprehensive scientific investigation into the developmental trajectory of infant visual system function and its predictive...
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute received a Project Grant award of $152,240 from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), effective May 8, 2026 through January 15, 2029. This research initiative focuses on computational modeling of perceptual information accumulation in blind individuals, specifically examining echolocation as a sensory substitution mechanism. The project will deliver empirical data on behavioral performance and neural correlates through electroencephalography (EEG) recordings from two participant cohorts: blind individuals proficient in echolocation and sighted controls. Additionally, the award supports development and validation of a dynamic neural network computational model designed to simulate sensory information accumulation over time and correlate neural processes with behavioral outcomes. The primary deliverables include quantitative behavioral assessments from object localization and identification tasks using auditory clicks, EEG-based neural activity recordings, and a trained computational model validated against collected data. These research outputs will advance understanding of neural plasticity and auditory processing adaptation following vision loss, with applications for developing echolocation training programs and other sensory substitution techniques. The research addresses NEI's mission to eliminate vision loss and improve quality of life for individuals who are blind or require vision rehabilitation through innovative investigation of how the brain enhances non-visual sensory capabilities.Federal Grant Award Summary
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