AAO Educational Trust Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Focus: Educational initiatives and career advancement in ophthalmology and retinal research
RRF supports educational programming through the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Educational Trust Fund.
Program Purpose
Provides educational opportunities and supports advancement of vision scientists and ophthalmologists.
Organization Partnership
Administered in partnership with the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Contact Information
Retina Research Foundation
- Address: 3555 Timmons Lane, Suite 810, Houston, Texas 77027
- Phone: 713-797-1925
- Website: retinaresearchfnd.org
What Retina Research Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 21
- Total given
- $1.93M
- Median grant
- $45K
- Range
- $25K–$700K
- By dollars: Wisconsin 36%, Texas 20%, Massachusetts 9%. Top recipient cities: Boston, MA; Madison, WI; Houston, TX.
- 14% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI
$700K
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX
$220K
University of California - Irvine (UCI) · Irvine, CA
$95K
Meei Ocular Genomics Institute Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA
$90K
Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor MI · Ann Arbor, MI
$90K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
- Professional development
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