The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $816,750 Project Grant under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to pilot test a novel wavelength-based method to control childhood myopia. The project aims to determine the efficacy of amber contact lens wear for up to four hours per day in slowing myopia progression and axial elongation in 40 myopic children aged 8 to 13 years. This "proof-of-concept" study will test the hypothesis that longer wavelength light that avoids stimulation of short-wavelength sensitive cones can signal the emmetropization mechanism to slow eye growth. The award period runs from September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2026.
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