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
2022–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Role of Age-Related Lysosomal Vulnerability in Alzheimer’s Disease
Ching-Chieh Chou · Stanford University
2022–2024 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Bold Ideas initiatives
Sex differences in risk profiles across the Alzheimer’s Disease continuum
Gael Chetelat · Université de Caen Normandie
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Validating PILRA, an Immune Checkpoint and AD-associated Gene, as a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer’s Disease
David Hansen · Brigham Young University
2022–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Novel techniques to correlate structural and molecular alterations in non-human primate early glaucoma
Hongli Yang · Good Samaritan Foundation, Legacy Health System
2022–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Testing the Influence of Podosomes on Intraocular Pressure
Michael Anderson · University of Iowa
2022–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Neural progenitor cell engineered to express trophic factor for treating glaucoma
Shaomei Wang · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2022–2025 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
An investigation into the role of PANoptosis in geographic atrophy
Lucia Celkova · Trinity College Dublin
2022–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Modulation of astrocyte matrisome signals reprogram microglia that can be targeted to mitigate Alzheimer’s disease
Julia Tcw · Boston University
2022–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Harnessing the choroid plexus barrier as a neuroimmune barrier in Alzheimer's disease
Huixin Xu · Harvard University
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Development of a human iPSC-based Tauopathy model showing advanced phenotypes.
Dominik Paquet · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2022–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Can the niacin receptor HCAR2 modulate microglia to limit the progression of Alzheimer’s disease?
Miguel Moutinho · Indiana University
2022–2027 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Innovative Research
Translational vision research models for subretinal fibrosis
Patsy Nishina · Jackson Laboratory
2022–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Understanding how Alzheimer’s Disease impacts the therapeutic response to transcranial direct current stimulation
Carlos Roncero · Baycrest Academy for Research and Education
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Targeting APOE as a treatment strategy in cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Susanne Van Veluw · Massachusetts General Hospital
2022–2025 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Cellular Scale Characterization of the RPE-Photoreceptor Complex in Pentosan-Associated Maculopathy; a model for Geographic Atrophy Progression
Kristen Bowles Johnson · Indiana University
2022–2024 · research · BrightFocus Foundation: Bold Ideas initiatives
Ocustatin™ for Treatment of Intermediate AMD
John Edwards · Drusolv Therapeutics
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Mechanisms underlying selective neuron vulnerability to co-morbid tau and TDP-43 in Alzheimer's disease
Nicole Liachko · Institute For Biomedical And Clinical Research
2022–2026 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Clinical and Molecular Characterization of Early Onset Drusen Maculopathy
Yara Lechanteur · Radboud University Medical Center (the Netherlands)
2022–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Comprehensive identification of the metastable subproteome dysregulated in aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Xiaojing Sui · Northwestern University
2022–2024 · research · BrightFocus Foundation: Bold Ideas initiatives
Creating Foresight: Charity-led big data resource for discovery of novel biomarkers for multiple conditions using eye scans
Wen Hwa Lee · Action Against Amd
2022–2024 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Identifying pharmaceutics for AMD associated pathophysiology
Steffi Daniel · University of Minnesota
2022–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Multifunctional cellular-scale imaging in the living retina to study glaucoma pathophysiology
Kazuhiro Kurokawa · Good Samaritan Foundation, Legacy Health System
2022–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Interrogating and Targeting the Microglia Cell-Surface in Alzheimer's Disease
Brandon Holmes · University of California, San Francisco
2022–2025 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Other
Biomechanical properties of the Bruch's membrane and their relevance to the RPE pathology in AMD
Rosario Fernández Godino · Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
2022–2026 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Assessing Retinal Disease Manifestation and Neuroprotection in the Killifish Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Nicole Noel · University College London
2022–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF SIX TAU PHOSPHORYLATIONS IN BLOOD TO STAGE ALZHEIMER`S DISEASE
Laia Montoliu-Gaya · University of Gothenburg
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Characterizing dysfunction of cerebral perforating arteries in VCID and AD using ultra-high-field 7 Tesla high resolution MRI
Lirong Yan · Northwestern University
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Aberrant neural dynamics in early life warn of future disease.
Keith Hengen · Washington University in St. Louis
2022–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Master sites of tau phosphorylation as treatment targets for Alzheimer's disease
Kristie Stefanoska · Flinders University
2022–2025 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Targeting exercise for neuroprotection in glaucoma
András Komáromy · Michigan State University
2022–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Scrutinizing the function of TREM2 and TYROBP in microglial homeostasis and activation
Gabriela Farias Quipildor · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2022–2024 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
In vivo adaptive optics ophthalmoscopy to characterize functional retinal integration of transplanted RGCs using a novel transgenic reporter paradigm
Thomas Johnson · Johns Hopkins University
2022–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
The role of leptin on Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis in Down syndrome
Lorena Sordo · University of California, Irvine
2022–2025 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Autophagy regulates endothelial nitric oxide (NO)synthase/NO in Schlemm's canal cells in response to shear stress
Myoungsup Sim · Duke University
2022–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Detecting leaky vessels in cerebral amyloid angiopathy – a novel approach
Whitney Freeze · Leiden University Medical Center
2022–2024 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
The role of Abca1 in regulation of glial lipid metabolism in ApoE4-induced tauopathy and Alzheimer`s disease
Alexandra Litvinchuk · Washington University in St. Louis
2022–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Precise neurobiological profiling of the locus coeruleus and medial temporal lobe for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease
Stephanie Leal · University of California, Los Angeles
2022–2025 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Genetic mutation enhance optic nerve regeneration in BXD29 mouse strain
Fangyu Lin · Emory University
2022–2025 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Structural basis and modulation of TREM2/oAbeta42 signaling
Thomas Brett · Washington University in St. Louis
2022–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Influence of Androgens on Multi-Etiology Dementia
Charly Abi-Ghanem · Albany Medical College