RPB Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship supports medical students undertaking a year of full-time, mentored vision research to develop their skills through a substantive eye research project.
The co-funded award changed from a TGF glaucoma fellowship requiring a glaucoma physician mentor to an AOCOO-HNS Foundation fellowship exclusively for osteopathic medical students, allowing any vision research topic. Guidelines, nomination forms, and application materials were also updated from Fall 2026 to Spring 2027.
RPB Career Development Award supports junior ophthalmology faculty pursuing research on any vision-related topic to build independent research careers and catalyze sight-saving discoveries.
RPB Unrestricted Grant supports ophthalmology departments with flexible funding to expand eye research programs, pursue innovative approaches to eye diseases, and mentor vision researchers.
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.
RPB Physician-Scientist Award supports clinicians conducting vision research, with Spring 2027 funding focused on understanding myopia development and investigating ways to prevent or slow its progression.
RPB International Research Collaborators Award supports U.S. and overseas vision researchers in reciprocal exchanges to build skills and partnerships and accelerate treatments for blinding disorders.