The Children's Eye Foundation is committed to providing funding to early career investigators for innovative projects in vision science that focus on the infant’s and child's visual system and its disorders, as well as strabismus in adults. Current priority funding areas include neurobiology, molecular biology, genetics and biotechnology.Research
Since our inception almost 40 years ago, we have granted millions in support of research and education to advance the understanding of, and care for, children with eye and visual system disorders and adults with strabismus. If you would like to apply for a Children's Eye Foundation grant, please contact:
Richard W. Hertle, M.D.
Chief of Ophthalmology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus UPMC Eye Center, Eye & Ear Institute
Professor of Ophthalmology and Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Phone 412.692.8940
Fax 412.692.7220
The Children's Eye Foundation has funded almost 100 research studies since being established in 1970. Here are two projects we are currently funding:
CELLULAR RELEASE OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) IN RESPONSE TO INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR (IGF-1) STIMULATION
David Morrison, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Department of Ophthalmology
This project attempts to better characterize VEGF response to IGF in cultured cells that are thought to be involved in vascular development, specifically Muller cells and retinal astrocytes. Read more.
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT IN PREMATURE INFANTS
William V. Good M.D.
Senior Scientist, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute San Francisco
The goal of this project is to study the way in which vision develops in premature infants, compared to full term infants. Read more.