# Drug Delivery and Nanotechnology Module

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $77,783

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – NANOTECHNOLOGY
The Drug Delivery and Nanotechnology (DD&N) module is an enabling technology resource available
to faculty of the Wilmer Eye Institute, by enabling sustained and targeted delivery of drugs
administered intravitreally, subconjunctivally, or systemically, and in developing novel imaging
technologies. During the current period, the collaborations have resulted many NIH grants,
publications, many patents licensed, and significant translational efforts, with multiple therapeutic
approaches developed by the Wilmer P30 team undergoing clinical translation. DD&N takes
advantage of the expertise, technologies, and resources of the Wilmer Eye Institute’s Center for
Nanomedicine (CNM). The Center for Nanomedicine at Wilmer serves as an anchor for the DD&N
module, and has grown to seven faculty, collaborating with more than 15 faculty in Wilmer and more
than 100 faculty across Johns Hopkins. Demand by Wilmer investigators (both established and early
investigators) for the development and characterization of drug delivery systems for small molecules,
proteins, and nucleic acids have grown well beyond the available budgetary restrictions of the CNM,
with the DD&N becoming an integral part of the P30 effort. Our collaborative efforts have led to
significant progress in novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of glaucoma, optic nerve injury,
retinopathy of prematurity, and dry eye. The DD&N module will continue to thrive and enable
significant discoveries by the P30 collaborators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10256789
- **Project number:** 5P30EY001765-46
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Kannan Rangaramanujam
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $77,783
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-07-01 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10256789

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10256789, Drug Delivery and Nanotechnology Module (5P30EY001765-46). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10256789. Licensed CC0.

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