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
2020–2022 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Structure determination of Alzheimer and Parkinson associated oligomers in lipidic cubic phase
Jinghui Luo · Paul Scherrer Institute
2020–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Truncated stathmin 2 as a proxy for TDP-43 pathology in Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Sarah Pickles · Mayo Clinic
2020–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Bold Ideas initiatives
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Based Assessment of Retinal Capillary Density As A Biomarker of Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Amir Kashani · Johns Hopkins University
2020–2023 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Pharmacological inhibition of ceramide production in mitochondria as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease
Simone Crivelli · University of Kentucky
2020–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Inducible cell-specific mouse models for paired epigenetic and transcriptomic studies of microglia and Müller glia in age-related macular degeneration
Willard Freeman · Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
2020–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Circulating immunometabolic factors in Alzheimer’s disease
Makoto Ishii · Weill Cornell Medicine
2020–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Involvement of the Extracellular Matrix in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease: a Glycomics and Proteomics study
Manveen Sethi · Boston University
2020–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Therapeutic targets and diagnostics in Alzheimer’s disease
Mark Ebbert · University of Kentucky
2020–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
miR-181a/b modulation as potential therapeutic approach for AMD treatment
Sabrina Carrella · Fondazione Telethon (italy)
2020–2023 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Novel zebrafish models enabling studies of RGC regeneration
Jeffrey Mumm · Wilmer Eye Institute
2020–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Targeting proline metabolism in AMD
Jianhai Du · West Virginia University
2020–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Modulation of peripheral apoE for Alzheimer Disease therapy
Long-Jun Wu · Mayo Clinic
2020–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
In vitro Amplification of Human-derived Pathogenic Tau Conformers Using Recombinant tau
Hong Xu · University of Pennsylvania
2020–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Leveraging Heterogeneity in Alzheimer’s Disease to Assess Differences in Longitudinal Health Outcomes
Justin Miller · University Of Kentucky Research Foundation
2020–2023 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Prognostic Factors and Predictive Markers of Progression to Exfoliation Glaucoma in Exfoliation Syndrome
Karen Curtin · University of Utah
2020–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Evaluating cortical excitability and plasticity as markers of preclinical AD
Peter Fried · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2020–2024 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
A CRISPR-based inducible system for VEGF repression for AMD
Shusheng Wang · Tulane University
2020–2022 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Targeted maturation of stem cell-derived RGCs
Petr Baranov · Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
2020–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Role of Astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease
Ksenia Kastanenka · Massachusetts General Hospital
2020–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Phospho-tau181: a new blood test to predict Alzheimer's disease
Thomas Karikari · University of Gothenburg
2020–2023 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
RPE Modeling on a Perfusable Microvessel Network
Jennifer Chao · University of Washington
2020–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Elucidating how smoking contributes to AMD
Claudio Punzo · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2020–2022 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Identification of novel genes and pathways that protect RGCs from injury-induced death
Jeffrey Gross · University of Pittsburgh
2020–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Impact of microglia and TREM2 in tau pathology propagation
Maud Gratuze · Washington University in St. Louis
2020–2023 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Role of cGAS-STING Signaling in Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s Disease
Sadaf Amin · Cornell University
2020–2023 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Deciphering the role of the CDKN2B-AS region in glaucoma
Gareth Howell · Jackson Laboratory
2020–2022 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Understanding apoE
Carl Frieden · Washington University in St. Louis
2020–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Circadian regulation, autonomic function, and Alzheimer's disease
Peng Li · Brigham and Women's Hospital
2020–2023 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Interplay of Diet and the Gut Microbiome in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Amy Millen · University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2020–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Other
Development of synthetic gene feedback circuits to prevent tau aggregation
Benjamin Wolozin · Boston University
2020–2023 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Pathophysiology of choroidal hemodynamics in AMD
Bradley Gelfand · University of Virginia
2020–2023 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Genome-Wide Somatic Mutations in Alzheimer’s Disease During Pathologic Progression
Michael Miller · Brigham and Women's Hospital
2020–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Role of Slow Wave Sleep in Alzheimer's disease behavioral, cellular and molecular manifestations
Christelle Anaclet · University of California, Davis
2020–2022 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Astrocyte effects on RGCs in a stem cell model of glaucoma
Jason Meyer · Indiana University School of Medicine
2020–2023 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Cellular-Resolution Visible-Light OCT for Early Identification of Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration
Yali Jia · Oregon Health & Science University
2020–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
KATP channel inhibition as a modifier of tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease
Shannon Macauley · Wake Forest University
2019–2023 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
A Novel Approach to Personalized Prediction of Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Joelle Hallak · University of Illinois Chicago
2019–2021 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Effect of TTR gene therapy in Alzheimer’s disease
Ana Rita Batista · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2019–2021 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Selective detection of pathological Alzheimer's disease (AD)-tau in human biofluids
Garrett Gibbons · University of Pennsylvania
2019–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Diagnosing Glaucoma in the Peripheral Retina
John Hetling · University of Illinois Chicago