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High Impact Research Grant

Eye Bank Association of America

Foundation Annual Grants for Science Research

Funding Amount

$50,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

High Impact Research Grant

Overview: A research funding program by EBAA supporting high-impact projects in eye banking and corneal transplantation.

Amount: $50,000 per award

Focus Areas:

  • Corneal tissue engineering and viability

  • Solutions to global corneal tissue shortage

  • Research advancing corneal transplantation outcomes

  • Mitigation of surgical-quality donor cornea shortages
  • What They Fund:

  • Research proposals addressing critical gaps in eye banking

  • Tissue engineering and processing innovations

  • Studies to increase usable donated corneas for transplant
  • Geographic Scope: International (researchers affiliated with institutions worldwide)

    Funding Cycle: November 1st through October 31st

    Contact Information:

  • Eye Bank Association of America

  • PO Box 220035

  • Chantilly, VA 20151

  • Phone: 202.775.4999

  • Fax: 202.429.6036

  • Website: restoresight.org
  • Background: As of 2019, EBAA awarded its 2020 High Impact Research Grant to Dr. Mark McDaniell at Centre for Eye Research Australia for "Tissue Engineered Corneal Endothelium" research, addressing the global shortage of surgical-quality donor corneas.

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    science-research

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