# Center Core Grant for Vision Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $632,977

## Abstract

Overall Component
Abstract
NEI-supported investigators from Duke University and their collaborators from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill request continuing support for a Center Core Grant for Vision Research. Research
areas covered by this group range from basic mechanisms of cell function and communication to functional
organization of neuronal circuits, with particular interest in identifying innovative potential therapies to cure
common eye disorders.
For the past 30 years, we have used the NEI Core Grant to develop and update our shared resource modules,
thus enhancing the capabilities of individual NEI-supported investigators to conduct vision research. The Core
Grant effectively provides equipment and services that are not readily supported by individual research
grants, as well as stimulating a collegial atmosphere conducive to sharing current techniques and ideas. Both
are critical to success of individual investigators and members of their laboratories. Furthermore, the
infrastructure created with support from this grant aids the recruitment of new investigators and facilitates the
participation of clinical ophthalmologists in vision research, including the development of clinician scientists.
Altogether, this supports and facilitates the translation of the discoveries from basic research into new
diagnostic and therapeutic applications directly related to human eye diseases.
We request support for three existing and one new resource modules: Morphology/Image Processing, Mass
Spectrometry/Molecular Biology, Animal Models and Flow Cytometry. Support of these shared resources is
vital to the creation of synergy that will give impetus to our vision research group in reaching a level of
success that is greater than the sum of the individual investigator's expected achievements.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10006542
- **Project number:** 5P30EY005722-35
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Vadim Y Arshavsky
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $632,977
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-07-01 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10006542

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10006542, Center Core Grant for Vision Research (5P30EY005722-35). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10006542. Licensed CC0.

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