# Core Grant for Vision Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2021 · $751,752

## Abstract

SUMMARY
This P30 renewal proposal requests continued funding to support the operation of five resource modules within
the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Center (OVSRC) of the University of Pittsburgh. The OVSRC
provides a home base for the basic and clinical vision research for ~25 vision scientists in four departments of
the University of Pittsburgh and two departments of Carnegie Mellon University. The innovative work of these
scientists is advancing our knowledge of corneal cell biology and regeneration; glaucoma (imaging, trabecular
meshwork stem cell biology and stem cell based therapeutics, and ocular biomechanics); retinal and RPE
development, degeneration and regeneration; visual neuroscience; ocular infectious disease; ocular
immunology; the ocular microbiome; and visual/cortical prosthetics, among other areas. We are a collegial,
collaborative and productive group of researchers; eighteen of our vision scientists hold twenty-three qualifying
NEI-funded R01 grants, one vision scientist holds two highly vision-related R01 grants that are funded through
other NIH institutes, two vision scientists hold R00 grants from the NEI, and one vision scientist holds a K08
award from the NEI. The remaining participating faculty in the Core Grant either hold significant vision-related
grants from the Department of Defense or DARPA, or they are new investigators that are generating pilot data
for submission of their first NEI/NIH R01 grants. Importantly, many of these new investigators have already been
successful in obtaining seed grants from vision research foundations to support their research programs. Over
the last 29 years, the Core Grant for Vision Research has played a central role in enhancing the NEI-funded
research of our participating faculty, and supporting new faculty in establishing their vision research programs.
In this renewal application, the Core Grant will continue to provide resources, services, and technologies that
are essential to the success of the vision research efforts underway at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie
Mellon University. The Core Grant enhances the overall vision research environment in Pittsburgh by: 1)
providing core resources that are critical to the success of vision scientists; 2) enhancing collaboration among
vision scientists in the Pittsburgh area, 3) aiding in the recruitment of new vision scientists to Pittsburgh, and 4)
providing intellectual and technical support for the advanced training of students and fellows in vision sciences.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10168538
- **Project number:** 5P30EY008098-33
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Ian A Sigal
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $751,752
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10168538

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10168538, Core Grant for Vision Research (5P30EY008098-33). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10168538. Licensed CC0.

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