Targeted Research Grant - COVID-19
Funding Amount
$7,500 per project
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Other requirements
- Researchers affiliated with EBAA member eye banks
- Academic medical institutions
- Geographic Scope: United States
- Award Year: 2020
Overview
A research grant program established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to fund urgent investigations into SARS-CoV-2 transmission and impact on eye banking and cornea transplantation.
Focus Areas:
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 impact on eye banking
- Transmission risk through corneal tissue
- Effect of pandemic on donor pool
- Virus inactivation methods
- Infiltration of SARS-CoV-2 in ocular tissues
What They Fund:
- Research on COVID-19 transmission through donated corneal tissue
- Studies on pandemic impact on donor availability
- Evaluation of disinfection protocols
Eligibility:
- Researchers affiliated with EBAA member eye banks
- Academic medical institutions
Geographic Scope: United States
Award Year: 2020
Contact Information:
- Eye Bank Association of America
- PO Box 220035
- Chantilly, VA 20151
- Phone: 202.775.4999
- Fax: 202.429.6036
Background: In May 2020, EBAA announced two awardees: Shahzad Mian, MD (University of Michigan/Eversight) and Joshua Hou, MD (Lions Gift of Sight). Findings were to be publicly shared upon completion. This represented EBAA's rapid mobilization in response to urgent public health questions.
What Eye Bank Association of America actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 10
- Total given
- $133K
- Median grant
- $7,500
- Range
- $7,500–$50K
- By dollars: Florida 38%, California 13%, Iowa 11%. Top recipient cities: Coral Gables, FL; Iowa City, IA; Cleveland, OH.
- 40% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL
$50K
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA
$15K
Case Western · Cleveland, OH
$13K
Cornea Society · San Francisco, CA
$10K
Stein Eye Institute · Los Angeles, CA
$7,500
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
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