Project Grant K99EY037377
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $127,785 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego on September 15, 2025, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to support research on neural mechanisms of active vision in freely moving marmosets. The research deliverables include novel empirical findings and data from neurophysiological investigations examining how the primate visual system supports visual processing during natural, unrestricted...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded UC Berkeley $2.14 million through the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) on August 11, 2025, for a project period extending through June 30, 2030. This Project Grant funds fundamental neuroscience research investigating how the primate visual system implements generative feedback mechanisms to construct coherent visual perception from ambiguous sensory input. The research employs the "analysis by synthesis"...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute a Project Grant of $152,240 under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) on May 8, 2026, to support research on computational modeling of perceptual information accumulation in blind individuals. The primary deliverables include a dynamic computational neural network model that simulates sensory information accumulation over time, trained and validated against empirical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded Columbia University's Health Sciences Division a $156,302 Project Grant effective March 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). This research project will deliver empirical findings and computational models advancing understanding of representational geometry in primate visual systems. The primary research products include characterization of how different cortical regions—specifically...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $127,718 Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), effective December 21, 2025, through April 30, 2028. The award funds research into the neural mechanisms of visuomotor transformations in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio), with the primary deliverable being a cellular-level mechanistic characterization of the neural circuits underlying visually...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded a $615,414 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado-Denver, with performance in Aurora, Colorado, beginning April 1, 2026 and concluding March 31, 2030. This four-year award funds fundamental neuroscience research investigating the principles of functional connectivity within Layer 2/3 of ferret primary visual cortex (V1). The primary deliverables include...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded The Washington University a $1,001,009 Project Grant under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) effective July 1, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2030. This grant supports fundamental research investigating visual feature competition between central and peripheral retinal pathways—specifically, how eye fixation signals and optokinetic reflex (OKR) signals interact within the retina. The research aims to advance...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded $130,182 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) for a project beginning April 1, 2026 and concluding March 31, 2028. This research grant supports neuroscience investigation into the identity and functional characteristics of neurons receiving bottom-up and top-down sensory inputs in primary visual cortex (V1) during both adult and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a Project Grant of $481,500 under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to the University of California, Berkeley, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. This award funds research investigating the role of retinal waves in vascular development, specifically examining neural-glial-vascular signaling mechanisms that influence blood vessel formation in the eye. The research directly addresses...
The National Eye Institute (NEI), administering the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded $147,676 to Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028. This project grant funds fundamental neuroscience research investigating the development of functionally coactive modular cortical networks in the visual system during early neural development. The research addresses a critical gap in understanding how sensory representations form before sensory experience, specifically examining the cellular mechanisms that drive spontaneous neural co-activation patterns in developing visual cortex. The deliverables from this research will include empirical findings characterizing how spatiotemporal properties of spontaneous activity (such as cortical wave directionality and frequency) instruct the emergence of modular network patterns in primary visual cortex (V1). The project utilizes chronic imaging studies in tree shrews as a model organism to investigate circuit contributions from retinal and thalamic inputs, using advanced multiphoton imaging and laminar recording techniques. Research outputs will contribute to understanding experience-independent neural development mechanisms and the influence of early activity on downstream functional connectivity, with findings disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and presentations within the vision research and neuroscience scientific communities.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $147.7k | 6/18/26 |