# P30 - Core Grant for Vision Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2022 · $742,674

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
 The broad objective of this NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research application is to facilitate study
of the structure, development and function of the visual system in health and in blinding diseases, with the aim
of preventing, mitigating or curing such diseases, or the restoration of lost vision, through the application of the
most sophisticated available techniques. Four resource and service Cores will help achieve the broad
objective, as follows:
 I. Image Analysis and Graphics Core: Morphometric analysis; computer-aided image analysis;
production of graphics for data analysis, presentation and publication
 II. Morphology Core: Histology (paraffin and plastic embedding, sectioning and staining, frozen
sectioning for immunohistochemistry), ocular imaging (slit lamp examination and photography, Micron III
fundus photography (with fluorescein angiography) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), biometric
Bioptigen OCT) and visual functional testing (ERG, OptoMotry and IOP) and in vivo rodent eye injection with
electroporator set up. Microscopy (light microscopy - brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, DIC and
fluorescence) and photomicrography, and advanced microscopy using a combination of spinning disk and
confocal microscopes).
 III. Computer/IT Core: Programming for custom research needs; assistance in computer and
information technology hardware and software selection, installation, instruction in use, maintenance and minor
repairs.
 IV. Rapid-Prototyping and Design Core: Design of new unique research equipment plus education
and training of users, empowering them to participate in the manufacturing, construction, maintenance, and
upgrading of their unique research equipment designs.
 This is an application of a NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research competing renewal submitted by
the Principal Investigator and 19 other vision scientists who hold 23 active NEI R01 research grants. In
addition, the UCSF vision research community supported by the NEI Vision Core Grant comprises 14 NEI-
supported scientists with grant mechanisms other than active R01, 4 with other NIH funding, 1 with FDA R01
funding and 5 with private funding. There are 41 Core Investigators with active research programs, overall,
each using at least one Core at a moderate or extensive level. Using traditional and innovative approaches,
this Core Vision Research Grant has been highly successful and instrumental in enhancing the productivity
and impact of vision research, attracting scientists to vision research and facilitating collaborative studies on
the visual system at UCSF.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10426210
- **Project number:** 5P30EY002162-44
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Erik M Ullian
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $742,674
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10426210

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10426210, P30 - Core Grant for Vision Research (5P30EY002162-44). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10426210. Licensed CC0.

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