Fight for Sight / Aniridia Network Small Grant Award
The Fight for Sight / Aniridia Network Small Grant Award funds pilot research into congenital aniridia-related sight loss to build evidence for future studies and advance understanding of inherited eye disorders.
Funder: Fight for Sight
Due Dates: September 7, 2026 | November 2, 2026
Funding Amounts: Up to £15,000 for 12 months (one-year projects; not renewable)
Summary: Supports pilot or preliminary research on sight loss due to congenital aniridia, enabling data collection to strengthen future applications for larger funding.
Key Information: Applications and institutional approval must be complete by 13:00 on each deadline; only one active application per lead applicant.
Description
This small grant scheme is a partnership between Fight for Sight and the Aniridia Network, specifically supporting research into sight loss caused by congenital aniridia. The award is designed to help researchers collect pilot or preliminary data, making their research ideas more competitive when seeking larger grants. Projects must align with Fight for Sight’s research priorities—understanding, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of vision loss—and address any additional priorities set by the Aniridia Network. The scheme encourages innovative, capacity-building research, especially from early career investigators, new entrants to vision research, and those working in rare disease spaces.
