Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career-Starter Research Grant
Funding Amount
Up to US $100,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Each year the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc invites eligible investigators to submit applications for Pediatric Ophthalmology:”
Overview
The Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career-Starter Research Grant provides up to $90,000 to support the early careers of researchers focused on preventing and curing blinding diseases in children. Eligible candidates must hold an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree. Research areas include amblyopia, congenital cataract, glaucoma, and other hereditary eye diseases. This funding aims to foster innovative solutions in pediatric ophthalmology, ultimately contributing to better health outcomes for infants and children.
The Knights Templar Eye Foundation is committed to support research that can help launch the careers of clinical and basic researchers focused on the prevention and cure of potentially blinding diseases in infants and children. We support clinical or basic research on conditions that can or may eventually be treated or prevented. Examples include but are not limited to amblyopia, congenital cataract, congenital glaucoma, retinopathy of prematurity, ocular malformations, congenital nystagmus, and other hereditary eye diseases such as retinal dystrophies or retinoblastoma.
Each year the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc invites eligible investigators to submit applications for Pediatric Ophthalmology:
- Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career-Starter Research Grant
Up to $90,000 per grant. Applicants for these Grants are at the beginning of their academic careers and must have received a M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
What Knights Templar Eye Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 45
- Total given
- $6.18M
- Median grant
- $80K
- Range
- $10K–$2M
- By dollars: Massachusetts 37%, California 30%, Minnesota 4%. Top recipient cities: Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Boston, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 24% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Boston Children's Hospital · Boston, MA
Research endowment
$2M
Foundation of the American Academy of Opthalmology Eyecare America · San Francisco, CA
Aao pediatric vr simulation program
$500K
Regents of the University of California · Irvine, CA
Eye research grant
$330K
Foundation of the American Academy of Opthalmology Pediatric Eye Registry · San Francisco, CA
Eyecare america senior eyecare program
$250K
Children's Eye Foundation of Aapos ( CEF of Aapos ) · San Francisco, CA
Aapos all children can see project "the children's eye foundation"
$250K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
- Hearing and vision
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