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Pediatric Ophthalmology Career-Starter Research Grants

Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc.

The Knights Templar Eye Foundation is committed to support research that can help launch the careers of clinical and basic researchers focused on the prevention and cure of potentially blinding diseases in infants and children. We support clinical or basic research on conditions that can or may eventually be treated or prevented. Examples include but are not limited to amblyopia, congenital cataract, congenital glaucoma, retinopathy of prematurity, ocular malformations, congenital nystagmus, and other hereditary eye diseases such as retinal dystrophies or retinoblastoma.

Each year the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc invites eligible investigators to submit applications for Pediatric Ophthalmology:

Career-Starter Research Grants - up to $90,000 per grant. Applicants for these Grants are at the beginning of their academic careers and must have received a M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

Competitive Renewal Grants - up to $90,000 per grant to extend the original grant project for one additional year if the data from the original Career Starter grant are compelling.

Specialties

Cell Biology

Ophthalmology

Pediatrics

Molecular Biology

Pathology

Eligibility Requirements

1. The relevance of the specific research to the eye diseases of infants and children should be clearly and specifically described in the lay and scientific summaries and in a separate statement at the end of the application (see below).

2. The Applicant should be situated at the beginning of his/her academic career (defined as no more than seven years from completion of formal training, including postdoctoral fellowships). In his/her Biographical Summary, the Applicant should indicate how many years have elapsed since completion of formal training. The Applicant must not hold an academic rank of Associate Professor or higher.

3. Awards will be restricted to investigators living and working legally in the United States or one of its territories. All research described must be conducted at institutions of higher learning or federal or state scientific or health care agencies (e.g., NIH, NSF, CDC, DOD, VA, AMA, AAMC, etc.) located in the U.S. or one of its territories.

4. The Applicant must have received an M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degree. The Applicant must not be a current or past Principal Investigator (PI), Co-Principal Investigator or Co-investigator of a National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant (R01, R15, R21, R24, R34, or R00), an NIH Career Development Award (K08, K12, K23, or K99), or a Small Business Grant (R41 or R42) or have served as the PI of a Collaborative Clinical Research Agreement (UG1 or U10). Furthermore, the applicant must not have received notice of approval of any of the aforesaid grants that may be awarded and provide funds to the applicant as PI, Co-PI or Co-investigator during the prospective period of Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. support. Recipients of previous NIH support under Institutional Training Grant mechanisms (T32) or Individual Fellowship Awards (F30, F31, F32) remain eligible for KTEF funding.

Eligible Countries:

United States

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc.

Address: 3201 Cross Timbers Rd Bldg 4 Ste 300 Flower Mound TX 75028 Phone Number - 214-888-0220 Fax Number - 214-888-0230

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