Project Grant R01EY037270
- 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 $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...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded The Washington University a $1,001,009 Vision Research (CFDA 93.867) Project Grant effective July 1, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2030. This award funds fundamental research investigating how visual signals for eye fixation and optokinetic reflex (OKR)—a reflexive eye movement triggered by peripheral visual motion—interact within the retina. The research directly addresses a significant gap in understanding...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded Columbia University's Health Sciences Division a $156,302 Project Grant (Award Date: March 1, 2026; Completion Date: August 31, 2028) to conduct research characterizing representational geometry and learning across primate visual streams. The project will deliver fundamental neuroscience research products including empirical findings on how the primate visual system...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $929,806 Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), effective from September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2027. The award supports research on synaptic development of the retinogeniculate pathway, examining how neural circuits form during childhood development and how both genetic and experiential factors influence this process. The primary research deliverables include...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded Trustees of Boston University a $966,655 Project Grant effective August 1, 2025, through February 28, 2030, to develop and test a dynamic spatiotemporal normalization framework for human vision. The primary products of this award include high-quality behavioral and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) datasets that characterize how human perception integrates...
- 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 its Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded $1,703,489 to President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard Medical School (awarded September 15, 2025; completion date January 31, 2029) to conduct integrated research on the neural and computational mechanisms underlying preferential viewing behavior in primates. The project will deliver research products including empirical findings on how visual preferences are...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded the University of Pittsburgh a $2.08 million Project Grant on September 30, 2025, for fundamental neuroscience research investigating sensorimotor processing in the oculomotor system. The grant supports a two-year research initiative (through September 29, 2027) to advance understanding of how the nervous system accomplishes the complex task of intercepting moving objects...
The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a Project Grant totaling $615,414 to The Regents of the University of Colorado-Denver on April 1, 2026, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). This four-year research initiative, concluding March 31, 2030, focuses on identifying the principles of functional connectivity within Layer 2/3 of the ferret primary visual cortex (V1). The research aims to advance understanding of how selective visual responses emerge from synaptic inputs by employing all-optical interrogation techniques to map excitatory and inhibitory neuronal interactions within and between orientation columns, and by utilizing two-photon calcium imaging to analyze the organization and integration of synaptic inputs on dendritic trees during visual stimulation. The grant will generate novel computational circuit motifs and empirical findings that advance the fundamental understanding of cortical circuit organization. Research products include experimental data on inter-columnar connectivity principles, characterization of inhibitory interneuron specificity, mapping of synaptic input organization on dendrites, and analysis of how functional connections dynamically shape neuronal responses. These findings are intended to inform both neuroscience and the development of brain-inspired artificial intelligence, contributing to the NEI's mission of driving innovative research to understand the eye and visual system.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $615.4k | 4/2/26 |