Research funder · United States
BrightFocus Foundation
Non-profit organization in the USA
- Grants since 2016
- 717
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
- $108M
- Funded works, last 5 years
- 1 862
- Funded works, all time
- 3 290
Grants
2021–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Bold Ideas initiatives
Selective Targeting of Schlemm's Canal Inner Wall for Next-Generation Glaucoma Drugs: Subpart D
Simon John · Columbia University
2021–2025 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Other
Transcriptional Regulation of Autophagy and Lysosomal Function in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Mallika Valapala · Indiana University
2021–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
The role of brain connectivity as a mechanistic link between Amyloid and Tau pathology spread in Alzheimer’s disease
Nicolai Franzmeier · Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich (germany)
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Understanding Tau-induced nuclear transport deficits in Alzheimer’s disease
Susanne Wegmann · German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
2021–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Clock-Driven Sleep Fragmentations in Tauopathy
Masashi Tabuchi · Case Western Reserve University
2021–2023 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Harnessing artificial intelligence approaches to better understand genetic contributions to optic nerve head degeneration and glaucoma
Puya Gharahkhani · QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Sleep Disruption in Alzheimer’s Disease Model Mice.
Takashi Sato · Medical University of South Carolina
2021–2026 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Integrated immunogenomics to develop translational treatment for age-related macular degeneration
Michelle Grunin · Case Western Reserve University
2021–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
The Biomechanical Phenotype of Normal-Tension Glaucoma
Michael Girard · Singapore Eye Research Institute
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Transcriptional dysregulation of the endocytic machinery in AD
Ulrich Hengst · Columbia University
2021–2023 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Alterations of the sleep-regulating systems in glaucoma
Ji Won Bang · New York University
2021–2023 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
The relationship between amyloid/tau pathology and different memory processes underlying memory aging
Xi Chen · University of California, Berkeley
2021–2025 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Other
Angiopoietin-TEK signaling is essential for choriocapillaris development and protects against polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
Benjamin Thomson · Northwestern University-chicago Campus
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Synaptic mitochondrial calcium uniporter deregulation and synaptic injury in Alzheimer's disease
Heng Du · The University of Texas at Dallas
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Gender-dependent APOE4 regulation of the cross-talk between peripheral innate immunity and microglia in Alzheimer's disease
Oleg Butovsky · Brigham and Women's Hospital
2021–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
From genetics to the cellular phase of Alzheimer's disease: untangling the role of lipid pathways in microglia responses to amyloid pathology
Renzo Mancuso · Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
2021–2023 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Therapeutic replenishment of homeostatic microRNA using extracellular vesicles for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration.
Yvette Wooff · Australian National University
2021–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Identification of potential glaucoma therapy targets through integrated machine learning analysis of multi-omic biomarkers
Pirro Hysi · King's College London
2021–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Validation of novel OCT based imaging tools for noninvasive longitudinal monitoring of the retinal ganglion cells in animal models of glaucoma
Robert Zawadzki · University of California, Davis
2021–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Single Cell profiling of MAPT splicing mutation iPSC-derived organoids and brain tissue
Kathryn Bowles · University of Edinburgh
2021–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Protective mechanism of APOE3-Christchurch in Alzheimer's disease
Ana-Caroline Raulin · Mayo Clinic
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Identifying Novel Modifiers of Tau Aggregation and Pathology using Proximity Proteomics
Wilfried Rossoll · Mayo Clinic
2021–2023 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Mechanisms controlling aqueous humour segmental outflow in mice
Ester Reina-Torres · Imperial College London
2021–2023 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Elucidating the role of metabolic reprogramming in TNFa-induced RPE dysfunction and inflammation in age-related macular degeneration
Daisy Shu · UNSW Sydney
2021–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Role of HK2 in TREM2-mediated microglial response in AD
Juan Francisco Codocedo Henríquez · Indiana University
2021–2024 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Innovative Research Grant
Does aberrant mechanotransduction trigger RPE atrophy in AMD?
Aparna Lakkaraju · University of California, San Francisco
2021–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Reduced protein intake counteracts Alzheimer's disease: examination of nutrition signaling and the lysosomal system.
Timothy Sargeant · South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Blood-based markers for Alzheimer's pathology in cognitively healthy centenarians: revealing mechanisms of resistance and resilience
Henne Holstege · Alzheimer Center Of The Vu University Medical Center
2021–2023 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Investigating the Optic Nerve Head Remodeling in Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy
Babak Safa · Georgia Institute of Technology
2021–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Omics in a naturally occurring animal glaucoma model
Amanda Melin · University of Calgary
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Physical interaction of TREM2 and C1q in Alzheimer’s disease
Xiaofen Chen · Xiamen University
2021–2023 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Investigating the role of liver X receptors in control of Alzheimer's disease risk genes and lipid clearance in hiPSC-derived microglia
Anna Podlesny-Drabiniok · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2021–2024 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Tracking the development of reticular pseudodrusen and age-related retinal disease in prom1-null X. laevis.
Brittany Carr · University of Alberta
2021–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Cerebral Organoids to Investigate Cellular and Neuronal Network Vulnerability in Alzheimer's Disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Hongjun Fu · The Ohio State University
2021–2023 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fibrinogen-mediated Innate Immune Activation and Neuronal Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease
Zhaoqi Yan · Gladstone Institutes
2021–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Effects and mechanisms of APOE-induced meningeal lymphatic remodeling in Alzheimer’s disease
Sandro Da Mesquita · Mayo Clinic
2021–2024 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Other
Elucidating the origin and arteriovenous identity of chorioretinal anastomoses in a model of type 3 neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Tyson Kim · University of California, San Francisco
2021–2023 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Lysosomal Signaling in Microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Harini Iyer · Stanford University
2021–2025 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Functional imaging of the human retina using two-photon ophthalmoscopy
Andrew Browne · University of California, Irvine
2021–2023 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Characterization of tau pathology heterogeneity across the Alzheimer's disease spectrum
Alexa Pichet Binette · Lund University