The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. is pleased to announce for 2019, four new 3-year research grants were awarded totaling $960,000 to Christian Burgess, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School; Ross Collery, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Jamie Berta Spangler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Santani Teng, PhD, Associate Scientist (Pendina), The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. The Foundation also awarded a one-time grant for $100,000 to Leah Byrne, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh.
Congratulations to all our award recipients.
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The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded four new research grants in 2019 for $1,060,000
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The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded four new research grants in 2018 for $820,000
Posted January 1, 2019 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded four new research grants in 2018 for $820,000The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. is pleased to announce for 2018, three new 3-year research grants were awarded totaling $720,000 to Cagri Besirli, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan; David Myung, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University Medical Center; Jillian Pearring, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan. The Foundation also awarded a one-time grant for $100,000 to Raunak Sinha, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. Has awarded four new research grants in 2017 for $820,000
Posted January 1, 2018 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. Has awarded four new research grants in 2017 for $820,000The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. is pleased to announce for 2017, three new 3-year research grants were awarded totaling $720,000 to Alan Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular, Harvard Medical School; Xin Duan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco; Anirvan Nandy, PhD, Associate Research Scientist, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University. The Foundation also awarded a one-time grant for $100,000 to Sui Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine.
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The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. Has awarded four new research grants in 2016 for $820,000
Posted January 1, 2017 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. Has awarded four new research grants in 2016 for $820,000The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. is pleased to announce for 2016, three new 3-year research grants were awarded totaling $720,000 to Leo Kim, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Harvard University; Rajesh Rao, MD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Michigan; Jason Shepherd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine. The Foundation also awarded a one-time grant for $100,000 to Kira Poskanzer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco.
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The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. Has awarded four new research grants in 2015 for $960,000
Posted January 1, 2016 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. Has awarded four new research grants in 2015 for $960,000The E.Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. is pleased to announce for 2015, four new research grants were awarded totaling $960,000 to Damon Clark, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular Development Biology, Yale University; Evan Feinberg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, UCSF; Yvonne Ou, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSF; and Glenn Yiu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, UC Davis. Congratulations to all our award recipients. -
The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded four new research grants in 2014 for $960,000
Posted July 17, 2015 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded four new research grants in 2014 for $960,000The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded four new research grants totaling $960,000 to Yang Sun, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Indiana University; Derek S. Welsbie, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Medical School; Bart G. Borghuis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology at University of Louisville; and Felice A. Dunn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology at University of California, San Francisco. In addition at year-end 2014 the Foundation awarded a one-time $100,000 grant to In-Jung Kim, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine. Congratulations to all our new award recipients! -
The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded three grants in 2013 for $720,000
Posted June 30, 2013 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded three grants in 2013 for $720,000The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded three new grants totaling $720,000 to Jeremy N. Kay, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Opthalmology, Duke University Eye Center; Sujata Rao, PhD, Assistant Staff, Ophthalmic Research, Cleveland Clinic; and Wei Wei, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology at University of Chicago. -
The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded two grants in 2012 for $480,000
Posted January 15, 2012 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded two grants in 2012 for $480,000The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded two new grants totaling $480,000 to Kevin K. Park, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; and Jonathan Sears, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, The Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute. -
The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded a third grant in 2011 for $240,000
Posted June 14, 2011 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded a third grant in 2011 for $240,000The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded a grant totaling $240,000 to Yingbin Fu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah. More information about Dr. Fu is available in Grant Recipients section. -
The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded two more grants totaling $480,000
Posted January 31, 2011 By admin in News and updates With | Comments Off on The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded two more grants totaling $480,000The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has awarded two more grants totaling $480,000 to Michael R. Taylor, PhD, Assistant Member, Chemical Biology & Therapeutics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Jun Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the John A. Moran Center, University of Utah School of Medicine.