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
2023–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Co-activation of selective nicotinic acetylcholine receptors improves hippocampal activity in Alzheimer's disease
Seonil Kim · Colorado State University
2023–2025 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Mitochondrial dysfunction as a key mediator of AMD-like phenotypes in humanized ARMS2A69S mice
Navdeep Gogna · Jackson Laboratory
2023–2027 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Standard
Investigating Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) injury response in African Spiny mice (Acomys)
Manas Biswal · University of South Florida
2023–2025 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Exploring ICG-mediated ILM photodisruption as a tool to boost retinal ganglion cell engraftment
Karen Peynshaert · Ghent University
2023–2026 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Neurovascular and neuronal network dysfunction in tauopathy mouse models
Sung Ji Ahn · Weill Cornell Medicine
2023–2027 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Relevant gene-diet interactions in AMD: use of a mouse model to study the combined effects of age, high glycemic diet and PGC1a insufficiency.
Freya Mowat · University of Wisconsin–Madison
2023–2026 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Development of multimodal NeuroImaging biomarkers of the Pro-coagulant state in Alzheimer's Disease (NIPAD)
Marta Casquero-Veiga · Jiménez Díaz Foundation Health Research Institute
2023–2027 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Photoreceptor remodeling in the hibernating cone-dominant 13-lined ground squirrel as a model for macular degeneration in humans
Sangeetha Kandoi · Johns Hopkins University
2023–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Exploring the Origins of Tau Pathology in Human Brain: Molecular Signatures of Aging and Neurodegeneration in the Locus Ceruleus
Meaghan Morris · Johns Hopkins University
2023–2026 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Screening for molecules that modulate RPE epithelial-mesenchymal transition and response to AMD-related stressors as leads for the treatment of AMD
Srinivasa Rao Sripathi · Retina Foundation of the Southwest
2023–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Proteogenomics to study adaptive immunity in neurodegenerative disease
David Gate · Northwestern University
2023–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Accurate Prediction and Detection of Glaucoma Progression Using Hyperspectral and Widefield Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging
Zhichao Wu · Centre For Eye Research Australia (australia)
2023–2027 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Iron spreading patterns in AD
Louise Van Der Weerd · Leiden University Medical Center
2023–2025 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Microenvironmental regulation of barrier function in Schlemm's canal endothelial cells
Darryl Overby · Imperial College London
2023–2025 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Regulation of microglial phenotype by neuroprotective LXB4 in ocular hypertension-induced neuropathy
Shubham Maurya · University of California, Berkeley
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Restoring mitochondrial homeostasis as a therapy of Alzheimer's disease
Qi Wang · ETH Zurich
2023–2026 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
A novel mouse anterior segment perfusion culture model for measuring outflow facility and long-term perfusion culture
Weiming Mao · Indiana University School of Medicine
2023–2025 · research · BrightFocus Foundation: Bold Ideas initiatives
Expanding and Enhancing LASI-DAD for Better Understanding of AD and Dementia
Jinkook Lee · University of Southern California
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Novel tools to dissect the multi-factorial etiologies of white matter injury in aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Zahra Shirzadi · Massachusetts General Hospital
2023–2025 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Microsomal Transfer Protein in Retinal Lipid Homeostasis, Implications for AMD
Catharina Grubaugh · University of Pennsylvania
2023–2026 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Developing Deep Learning Approaches to Reduce The Burden of Glaucoma Clinical Trials
Jithin Yohannan · Johns Hopkins University
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Determining the mechanisms of anti-Aß immunotherapy on cerebrovascular dysfunction
Kate Foley · Indiana University
2023–2027 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Toward uncovering the intricacies of intrinsic RPE repair: identifying immune-related pro-regenerative factors using zebrafish RPE injury paradigms
Lyndsay Leach · The University of Texas at Austin
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Identifying the interactome and non-autonomous signalling of risk-gene BIN1 in amyloid-responsive microglia
Ari Sudwarts · University of South Florida
2023–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Whole-brain sleep-wake energetics in subjects at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease
Jingyuan Chen · Massachusetts General Hospital
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
In vivo imaging of astroglial dysfunction in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Maria Virtudes Sanchez Mico · Massachusetts General Hospital
2023–2026 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Imaging neural activity changes underlying the acute rescue of memory function after improving cerebral blood flow in Alzheimer's disease mouse models
Matthew Isaacson · Cornell University
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Stable Isotope-based dating of the amyloid fibril proteome
Arun Upadhyay · Northwestern University
2022–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Mechanisms of racial differences in the relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and in vivo tau deposition in the context of amyloid burden
Omonigho Bubu · New York University
2022–2025 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Adaptive optics optical coherence tomography and scanning laser gonioscopy of the human trabecular meshwork in vivo
Alessandra Carmichael-Martins · Indiana University
2022–2024 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
The role of reactive astrocyte-associated complement C3 in glaucomatous neurodegeneration
Cátia Gomes · Indiana University School of Medicine
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Comprehensive study of tandem repeat variation as a cause of Alzheimer's Disease
Alejandro Martin Trujillo · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2022–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMICS OF ISOFORM EXPRESSION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Limor Cohen · President & Fellows Of Harvard College
2022–2025 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Investigations of segmental uveal aqueous outflow
Haiyan Gong · Boston University
2022–2025 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Mapping of Photoreceptor Nuclear Layer Using Volumetric Directional OCT: Applications in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Yifan Jian · Oregon Health & Science University
2022–2025 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Metabolic uncoupling and AMD: assessing the role of PKM2 in the bioenergetic crisis of the outer retina
Thomas Wubben · University of Michigan
2022–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Live imaging to determine whether mitochondria and amyloid beta axonal releases are linked
Nick Marsh-Armstrong · University of California, Davis
2022–2025 · research · BrightFocus Foundation: Bold Ideas initiatives
A Randomized, Sham Controlled, Masked Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Dual Intravitreal Implantation of NT-501 Encapsulated Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Glaucoma
Jeffrey Goldberg · Stanford University
2022–2027 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Multifocal transcranial current stimulation for cognitive and motor dysfunction in older adults living with dementia
Brad Manor · Hebrew Rehabilitation Center
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Liquid biopsy for detection of cell death in Alzheimer’s disease based on cfDNA methylation patterns
Yuval Dor · Hebrew University of Jerusalem