Project Grant R01EY038907
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded $130,182 under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco for a two-year project running from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2028. This Project Grant funds fundamental neuroscience research investigating how neurons in the primary visual cortex (V1) integrate bottom-up sensory information from the eyes and top-down predictive information from higher brain...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded $143,031 to the University of California, Berkeley on December 4, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2028. This Project Grant funds computational modeling research investigating the role of spatial phase in the selectivity and invariance of neuronal responses in primary visual cortex (V1) and secondary visual cortex (V2) when processing intermediate-level features in...
- 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 Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded $127,180 under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028. This two-year project grant funds basic science research investigating the role of perivascular retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in regulating retinal vascular architecture and neurovascular resilience. The research focuses on a specialized subset of RGCs...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded a Project Grant of $127,785 to the University of California, San Diego on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2025. This research project investigates the neural mechanisms underlying active vision in freely moving marmosets using innovative head-mounted eye-tracking technology coupled with simultaneous neural recording from the visual cortex....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded $125,954 to the University of California, Berkeley for a two-year Project Grant (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2028) to conduct fundamental research on the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic specificity in the retinal direction-selective circuit. The research addresses how neurons form precise synaptic connections during development and investigates the relevance of these...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded $2.14 million to the University of California, Berkeley on August 11, 2025, for a project examining the neural mechanisms of generative vision in the primate ventral stream. The award, which extends through June 30, 2030, supports fundamental research investigating how the visual system resolves ambiguity and noise in sensory input through an "analysis by synthesis"...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $255,340 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). This award supports fundamental research into the development and regeneration of retinal ganglion cells in the vertebrate retina, with the goal of developing therapeutic strategies to restore vision in patients with glaucoma and other retinal...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $701,576 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego, effective July 1, 2026, through April 30, 2030, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). The award funds research to explore endogenous retinal ganglion cell (RGC) repair mechanisms following injury using engineered human pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived three-dimensional retinal organoids as a model system. The research addresses the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), awarded a $733,137 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2030. This award funds research investigating how genetic variation influences disease progression and therapeutic response in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss in older adults. The project integrates...
The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded the University of California, San Francisco a Project Grant of $737,998 effective July 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031, under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). This award funds research to define area-specific cellular and circuit-level specialization in the human temporal cortex, with particular focus on identifying electrophysiological and synaptic features unique to excitatory neurons in the inferior temporal gyrus. The project leverages access to fresh human brain tissue to advance understanding of how cortical neurons and local circuits are specialized to carry out object identification—a core function of the primate visual system. Research findings will contribute to fundamental knowledge of visual processing mechanisms and neuronal diversity in the human cerebral cortex. The deliverables under this award include original research findings, data characterizing morphoelectric properties and connectivity patterns of conserved cell types in the human inferior temporal cortex, and peer-reviewed publications advancing the field of vision neuroscience. As part of the NEI's mission to drive innovative research to understand the eye and visual system, this project contributes to the broader effort to prevent and treat vision diseases and improve quality of life through vision research.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $738.0k | 6/30/26 |