Project Grant K99EY038903
- 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 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 completion targeted for August 31, 2027. This award supports research aimed at elucidating the neural mechanisms by which the mammalian visual cortex stabilizes locomotion through visual feedback. The research addresses a significant gap in understanding...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded The Regents of The University of Colorado a $249,000 Project Grant under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) effective August 15, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2029. This award funds fundamental research investigating the molecular determinants of synaptic specificity underlying visuomotor transformations. The research will generate empirical findings on how graded expression of cell-recognition molecules...
- 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 University of California, Santa Barbara received a $1.22 million Project Grant from the National Eye Institute's Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) awarded on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for September 14, 2027. This project develops data-efficient methods for reconstructing natural images from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data to advance visual neuroscience research. The primary deliverables include optimized artificial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded a $125,954 Project Grant to The Regents of The University of California, Berkeley, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028. This award supports fundamental research investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic specificity in the retinal direction-selective circuit, a neural pathway critical for motion detection and visual stabilization. The research employs...
- 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 Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University a $847,000 Project Grant effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). This award funds research to validate transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) as a noninvasive neuromodulation technique capable of targeting deep brain areas with high focal precision in human subjects. The research uses the visual system as a testing platform...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $638,625 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). The award funds research to investigate the mechanisms of drusen formation in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness affecting approximately 196 million people globally. The research employs a novel quartz crystal microbalance assay...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a Project Grant of $143,031 to the University of California, Berkeley on December 4, 2025, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) with a completion date of May 31, 2028. This computational neuroscience project will deliver research products focused on modeling intermediate-level visual features in primary visual cortex (V1) and secondary visual cortex (V2), with emphasis on the role of spatial phase in neural...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) received a $114,789 Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to investigate the neural mechanisms controlling saccadic eye movements in the fruit fly (Drosophila). The award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028, will generate research products including computational models of visual feature detection circuits, calcium imaging data characterizing neural activity patterns, and behavioral experimental results. The project addresses three primary research objectives: determining how visual feature detection properties are transformed as information flows from elementary feature detectors (EFDs) to lobula columnar cells (LCs); investigating how different LC types sample visual information across the eye; and elucidating the neural mechanisms linking visual feature detection to saccade generation. The research leverages Drosophila connectome data and genetic tools to model the complete feature-to-saccade pathway, with findings anticipated to be directly applicable to understanding human vision and informing treatment approaches for saccade dysfunction in neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and traumatic brain injury.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $114.8k | 6/10/26 |