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
2019–2022 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Complement-targeted therapy to restrict glaucoma progression
Alejandra Bosco · University of Utah
2019–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Integrated multimodal *omics of neuropeptide proteoforms to assess their suitability as biomarkers and therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's Disease
Becky Carlyle · University of Oxford
2019–2023 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Small molecular compounds for glaucoma therapy
Chan Park · Harvard University
2019–2023 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Risk prediction in AMD – can we do better
Paul Baird · Centre For Eye Research Australia (australia)
2019–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Targeting inflammatory caspases as a novel approach to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Alexander Marneros · Massachusetts General Hospital
2019–2021 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Tracking the Effects of Amyloid and Tau Pathology on Brain Systems and Cognition in Early Alzheimer's Disease
David Berron · Lund University
2019–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Impact of elevated APP on BACE1 substrates processing
Won Hee Kim · Tufts University
2019–2022 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
The Role of Thrombospondin-1 in Regulating IOP
Haiyan Gong · Boston University
2019–2021 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Understanding the first step in central vision: from genes to cellular function to therapy
Raunak Sinha · University of Wisconsin–Madison
2019–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Hairpin-DNA functionalized nanoformulations for specific gene silencing in vivo in an animal model of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Md Imam Uddin · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2019–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Cryo-EM of ABCA4 and Correction in Macular Degeneration Defects
Stephen Aller · University of Alabama at Birmingham
2019–2021 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Characterizing Adaptive Immune Mechanism in Alzheimer: a Key to Therapy
Alireza Faridar · Methodist Hospital
2019–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Characterizing Brain Angiotensin System
Peter Abadir · Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
2019–2022 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Stress signaling in the survival and repair of RGCs
Trent Watkins · Baylor College of Medicine
2019–2021 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Does Pathology in Locus Coeruleus Trigger AD?
S. Hussaini · Columbia University
2019–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Treating memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease by strengthening synapses
Camin Dean · Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
2019–2022 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Structural determinants of tau aggregation in disease
Lukasz Joachimiak · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2019–2021 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
The role of cytomegalovirus in the development of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Ming Zhang · Augusta University
2019–2022 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Understanding Lysosome Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
Thomas Kukar · Emory University
2019–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Seizures promote Alzheimer's disease pathology via monocytes
Nicholas Varvel · Emory University
2019–2021 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
The circadian regulation of ?-secretase activity in Alzheimer’s disease
Eitan Wong · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2019–2022 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
An iPSC-derived human brain tissue model for Alzheimers disease
Dominik Paquet · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2019–2022 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Robust Optic Nerve Regeneration: A Systems Biology Approach
Eldon Geisert · Emory University
2019–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Visualization of Aß production
Masato Maesako · Massachusetts General Hospital
2019–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Cytosolic accumulation of nuclear DNA fragments in retinal pigment epithelium and age-related macular degeneration
Haijiang Lin · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2019–2021 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Novel Genetic Mouse Model of Early-Onset Glaucoma
Saidas Nair · University of California, San Francisco
2019–2021 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Enabling treatment trials of atrophic age- related macular degeneration using novel microperimetry techniques.
Zhichao Wu · Centre For Eye Research Australia (australia)
2019–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
SUMOylation in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
Luca Colnaghi · Mario Negri Institute For Pharmacological Researc
2019–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Understanding the cerebrovascular link between traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease
Zhen Zhao · University of Southern California
2019–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
A Negative Immune Regulator Controls wet AMD
Ye Sun · Children’s Hospital, Boston College
2019–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Inhibiting a novel target for wet AMD therapy
Timothy Corson · Indiana University
2019–2022 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Selective Blockade of Mitochondrial Free Radicals in AD
Anna Orr · Cornell University
2019–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Investigation of the novel role of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase in neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Min-Kyoo Shin · Case Western Reserve University
2019–2024 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
An integrated microfluidic model of subretinal tissue to study age-related macular degeneration
Elizabeth Vargis · Utah State University
2019–2022 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Selective targeting reactive oxygen species for age-related macular degeneration
Zongchao Han · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2019–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Rescuing memory using cell-type specific reactivation of memory network activity
Kei Igarashi · University of California, Irvine
2019–2023 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Prediction of brain biological age and acceleration of aging in AD using large datasets of existing neuroimaging data and deep learning approaches
Hosung Kim · University of Southern California
2019–2021 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Role of Polyphosphate in Aging and Age-Related Diseases
Bryndon Oleson · University of Michigan
2019–2022 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Machine learning & impaired spatial decoding in AD mice
Gustavo Rodriguez · Columbia University
2019–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Ghrelin receptor mediated neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
Yuxiang Sun · Texas A&M University