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    RPB Career Development Award

    RPB Career Development Award supports promising junior ophthalmology faculty, funding vision research and departmental mentoring to launch independent research careers and advance sight-saving work.

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    Plan for nomination/application deadlines of December 15, 2026/January 10, 2027 or June 15/July 1, 2027; weekend or holiday deadlines shift to the next business day. Use the updated 2027 forms and guidelines to prepare the newly specified materials, including a specific-aim milestone timeline and signed PDF recommendation letters on letterhead. Ask RPB to confirm your department’s nomination limit, as the guidelines now contain conflicting wording.

    RPB Career Advancement Award

    RPB Career Advancement Award supports early-career vision scientists collecting new data from promising ongoing research to advance their work and pursue a second NIH R01.

    RPBForecasted Dec 15, 2026$150,000Forecasted

    RPB Unrestricted Grant

    RPB Unrestricted Grant supports ophthalmology departments with flexible funding to expand eye research programs, pursue innovative approaches to eye diseases, and mentor vision researchers.

    RPBDue Jan 10, 2027$750,000

    RPB Stein Innovation Awards

    RPB Stein Innovation Awards support faculty inside and outside ophthalmology with seed funding for high-risk vision research that opens new inquiry into the visual system and diseases that impair it.

    RPBDue Dec 15, 2026$300,000

    RPB Physician-Scientist Award

    RPB Physician-Scientist Award supports clinicians conducting vision research to advance vision science, with a Spring 2027 focus on understanding myopia development and preventing or slowing its progression.

    RPBDue Dec 15, 2026$300,000

    RPB Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship

    RPB Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship supports medical students in a year of full-time, mentored vision research to develop substantive research experience and advance learning and career goals.

    RPBDue Dec 15, 2026$38,000Limited submission