# Vision Research Core at UCLA

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2021 · $779,998

## Abstract

Overall Core Component
Project Summary
Vision Research at UCLA has a long and rich history, dating back more than 50 years. The objective of the
Core Grant for Vision Research at UCLA is to provide a critically needed infrastructure to support the
research activities of this talented group of scientists whose common goal is to increase basic knowledge of
the visual system and its disorders. To achieve this objective, personnel and instrument support facilities are
organized according to the following components: (1) Microscopy and Image Analysis, (2) Live imaging and
Functional Evaluation, (3) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Instrumentation, (4) Prototype Construction,
(5) Gene and Cell Delivery, and (6) Software Engineering. These components provide instrumentation and
skills commonly used by multiple laboratories and are essential to the success of on-going projects as well
as to enable new collaborative efforts. They provide tangible support to a diverse array of vision scientists,
who are currently supported by 27 active NEI R01 grants, plus additional NEI funding. Purchase of state-of-
the-art instruments in the core components has been made possible by the generosity of institutional
support, which, in many cases has leveraged extramural support to make a purchase effective. This
generosity will continue in the next 5-year period. Support in the form of this Core grant is requested to
maintain these instruments through service contracts, and to provide necessary personnel support to assist
and train members of core laboratories in the use of the Core facilities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10239003
- **Project number:** 5P30EY000331-54
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID S WILLIAMS
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $779,998
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10239003

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10239003, Vision Research Core at UCLA (5P30EY000331-54). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10239003. Licensed CC0.

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