# Center Core Grant for Vision Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · 2024 · $620,000

## Abstract

The NEI P30 Center Core Grant for Vision Research at the University of Houston (UH) provides
ongoing and stable funding for four high quality and productive vision research resource/service
Modules: Instrument Design, Research Computer Programming, Biostatistics Support, and
Biological Imaging. These Modules are directed by established vision scientists, and run by an
exceptionally talented staff with considerable long-term experience in supporting and advancing
innovative vision research at UH. The Modules provide needed research resources and services,
with prioritized and equitable access, to the present group of 22 Core vision scientists who come
from three departments at the University (Biomedical Engineering, Vision Sciences and Clinical
Sciences in Optometry). These Core vision scientists have diverse training and research interests;
they collaborate effectively with one another, as well as with other vision researchers at this
University or other institutions. Together, 11 of the Core investigators hold 16 active NEI R01
grants, with three other core investigators as Co-Is. Core investigators also have other NEI, NIH
and nonfederal vision research funding. The College of Optometry and University provide
substantial additional commitments in support of vision research. During the past five years of
P30 funding at this university, the Core Grant and the University have created a favorable vision
research environment, including new instrumentation and collaborative arrangements that have
contributed directly to 170 out of 300 published papers by UH Optometry. Core modules have
facilitated competition for six entirely new NEI R01 grants by four investigators. The Core Grant
also was instrumental for recruiting eight investigators, established and new, to the UH Core
group of vision scientists, three of whom brought NEI R01 funding, and two, other NEI support.
These accomplishments reflect the Core's previous and current aims reinforced by the oversight
of the Administrative Core, that focus on advancing collaborative and innovative vision research
to increase knowledge and prevent or cure diseases that impair vision. Through these aims the
Core grant provides stable funding, quality research services, new independent vision
researchers, and new projects attracting NEI and other NIH support. Especially emphasized in
the coming five years will be innovative research and recruitment of vision researchers to fill
existing and future open positions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10897201
- **Project number:** 5P30EY007551-37
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
- **Principal Investigator:** LAURA J. FRISHMAN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $620,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-01 → 2027-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10897201

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10897201, Center Core Grant for Vision Research (5P30EY007551-37). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10897201. Licensed CC0.

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