Project Grant K99EY038331
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) received a $134,106 Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), effective September 15, 2025, with an anticipated completion date of August 31, 2027. This award funds research investigating the neural mechanisms by which the mammalian visual cortex stabilizes locomotion through visual feedback. The research products will include empirical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) a Project Grant of $321,364 under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) for the project "Neural Mechanisms of Sensory Encoding After Photoreceptor Degeneration." The award, effective June 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027, will fund fundamental research investigating how neural circuits in the retina adapt and compensate when cone photoreceptors...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) awarded $902,000 to the University of California, San Francisco for a two-year project (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2027) to conduct multimodal characterization of a novel inherited mouse model of glaucoma. The primary deliverables include comprehensive phenotypic characterization of GLIS1 knockout mice across two genetic backgrounds, evaluating structural and functional...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded the University of California, Los Angeles a $132,173 Project Grant effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2028, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). This research project, titled "Linking Physiology, Computation and Circuitry in the Primate Visual Cortex," will deliver scientific research products advancing understanding of canonical computations in the primate visual system. The primary deliverables...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Francisco received a $699,202 Core Grant for Vision Research (P30) from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), effective September 17, 2025, through June 30, 2029. This award supports three integrated resource and service modules designed to advance vision research infrastructure and capabilities. The Ocular Structure and Function (OSF) module provides ocular phenotyping tools including...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) received a $122,075 Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), effective April 15, 2026, with completion by March 31, 2028. This research initiative investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying developmental plasticity in the primary visual cortex (V1), with emphasis on understanding how sensory experience regulates neural circuit organization. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded $255,722 under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to the University of California, Berkeley, effective September 15, 2025, through August 31, 2027. This Project Grant supports fundamental research investigating the role and regulation of optic nerve microglia in glaucomatous neuropathy. The research deliverables include scientific findings on how lipoxin B4 (LXB4), an endogenous lipoxin produced by retinal...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $1.22 million Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to advance natural image reconstruction methods in visual neuroscience. The award, effective September 15, 2025, through September 14, 2027, funds the development of data-efficient artificial intelligence (AI)-based approaches for reconstructing naturalistic visual images from functional magnetic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded UC Berkeley a $481,500 Project Grant under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The grant funds fundamental research investigating the role of retinal waves in vascular development, specifically examining neural-glial-vascular signaling mechanisms that regulate blood vessel formation in the developing retina. This research directly addresses clinical applications for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded University of California, Irvine $179,964 under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) on March 1, 2025, for a project grant extending through July 10, 2029. The project focuses on developing deep learning-based biomarkers for optic neuropathies using retinal Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging analysis. The research will employ advanced computational techniques, including deep generative models, neural field image...
The University of California, San Francisco received a $130,182 Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) for the period April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2028. This research project focuses on identifying and characterizing neurons in the adult and developing primary visual cortex (V1) that receive bottom-up sensory inputs from the thalamus or top-down predictive inputs from higher visual areas. The research aims to elucidate how the mammalian brain integrates these dual information streams to generate balanced sensory perception, with implications for understanding perceptual abnormalities associated with psychiatric disorders. The project will deliver empirical findings regarding the transcriptomic classification of V1 neuronal types and their respective roles in bottom-up versus top-down sensory pathways. Using the mouse visual system as a model, the research will produce insights into the developmental timeline of bottom-up and top-down integration maturation and the influence of experience on this developmental trajectory. These research products align with the NEI's mission to drive innovative research that advances understanding of the eye and visual system, contributing fundamental knowledge to the broader field of visual neuroscience.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $130.2k | 4/2/26 |