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
2016–2019 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Studies on Functionality of iPS-RPE Transplanted in Immunodeficient RCS Rats
Biju Thomas · University of Southern California
2016–2019 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Profiling Structure and Biology of Beta Amyloid Strains
Jiri Safar · Case Western Reserve University
2016–2018 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Other
SILK ABeta SPOT Test
Philip Verghese · C2N Diagnostics (United States)
2016–2019 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
TGF-ß and Glaucoma Progression in a Spontaneous Model
Gillian Mclellan · University of Wisconsin–Madison
2016–2018 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Microstructural Markers of Cognitive Aging and MCI
Emilie Reas · University of California San Diego
2016–2019 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Targeting the Endosome for Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
Joachim Herz · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2016–2018 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Identification of myocilin posttranslational modifications and binding partners under static and glaucoma-relevant mechanical stretch
Raquel Lieberman · Georgia Institute of Technology
2016–2018 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Widespread Structural and Functional Brain Changes and Visuomotor Impairments in Glaucoma
Kevin Chan · New York University
2016–2019 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Genetic Screens to Identify Targets that Regulate Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP)
Huda Zoghbi · Baylor College of Medicine
2016–2019 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Retromer Chaperone R33 Selectively Promotes Aß Degradation by Microglia
Wenjie Luo · Weill Cornell Medicine
2016–2020 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
System Genetics to Identify Modifiers of Alzheimer's Disease
Catherine Kaczorowski · Jackson Laboratory
2016–2019 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Sleep Quality and Human Amyloid-Beta Kinetics
Brendan Lucey · Washington University in St. Louis
2016–2018 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Geographic Atrophy: Changes in the RPE and inflammatory cell populations in the region of expanding lesions.
Vera Bonilha · Cleveland Clinic
2016–2018 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Characterization of Novel C3 Conditional Knockout Mice: Tools to Better Understand the Role of Complement in Synaptic Dysfunction in Aging and AD
Qiaoqiao Shi · Harvard University
2016–2018 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Antibody Specificity Repertoire Characterization in AMD
Patrick Daugherty · University of California, Santa Barbara
2016–2020 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Genetic Risk and Clinical Expression of Tauopathy across AD/FTD
David Irwin · University of Pennsylvania
2016–2019 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Micromechanical Determinants of Choriocapillaris Dysfunction in AMD Pathogenesis
Ghosh Kaustabh · University of California, Riverside
2016–2018 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Generation of Retinal Ganglion Cells by Reprograming
Xiuqian Mu · University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2016–2019 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
The Role of Toll/IL-1 Receptor (TIR)-Signalling “Checkpoint” Regulators in Pathobiology of AMD
Sarah Doyle · Trinity College Dublin
2016–2022 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Exploring ACE-2 as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease
Patrick Kehoe · University of Bristol
2016–2018 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deficient KIBRA signaling at synapses in Alzheimer’s disease
Tara Tracy · Gladstone Institutes
2016–2019 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
miR-182 and TM Dysfunction in High Tension Glaucoma
Yutao Liu · Augusta University
2016–2018 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Continuous Telemetric Measurement and Chronic Control of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure
J. Crawford Downs · University of Alabama at Birmingham
2016–2018 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Role of TYROBP in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Jean-Vianney Haure-Mirande · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2016–2018 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
A Zebrafish Model of AMD: A Novel Approach to Identify Factors That Facilitate RPE Regeneration and Functional Restoration
Jeffrey Gross · University of Pittsburgh
2016–2019 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Tau Structures: From Proteopathic to Protective
Paul Seidler · University of Southern California
2016–2019 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
EphB Receptors: Novel Pro-Synaptic Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer's Disease
Mark Henkemeyer · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2016–2018 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Role of VGF in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis and Progression
Stephen Salton · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2016–2019 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Autophagy in Microglial Activation and Neuroinflammation
Zixu Mao · Emory University
2016–2018 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Failure to remove debris: defective mechanisms may play a role in the pathogenesis of AMD
Robyn Guymer · Centre For Eye Research Australia (australia)
2016–2019 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
In Vitro and In Vivo Studies of CD5L/AIM as a Possible Key Role Player in Drusen Biogenesis
Francesco Giorgianni · University of Tennessee Health Science Center
2016–2019 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
NAD Metabolism in Normal and Disease-Specific Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Jianhai Du · West Virginia University
2016–2018 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Blood Vessel Changes in Tauopathy
Rachel Bennett · Massachusetts General Hospital
2016–2018 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Effects of peripheral apoE isoforms on inflammation, brain vasculature, and AD pathogenesis
Chia-Chen Liu · Mayo Clinic
2016–2020 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Novel TREM2 Reporter Platform for Drug Discovery
Tsuneya Ikezu · Boston University
2016–2018 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Depressive symptoms and tau PET imaging in early Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
Jennifer Gatchel · Massachusetts General Hospital
2016–2019 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Lipofuscin-Mediated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in the Pathogenesis of Macular Degeneration
Marcelo Nociari · Cornell University