This funding supports investigator-initiated collaborative clinical vision research projects addressing chronic eye diseases across the lifespan. Funded activities include multi-center clinical trials, human gene-transfer, stem cell therapy trials, epidemiological studies, and other complex studies requiring high resources and NIH oversight. The cooperative agreement framework includes Chair's Grant, Coordinating Center, and Resource Center(s) components to facilitate collaboration and monitoring.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of U.S. government entities, educational institutions, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, tribal governments, and foreign institutions. Specific eligibility details are extensive and include state, county, city governments, and various tribal and nonprofit
