2015 Joanne Angle Investigator Award

Agency: Prevent Blindness
Program: 2015 Joanne Angle Investigator Award
Deadline: March 6, 2015

Summary:
The program is part of the non-profit group’s more than 100-year-old mission to prevent unnecessary vision loss.  The award is named for Ms. Joanne Angle who served on the National Board of Directors for Prevent Blindness, and both its Government Affairs and Audit committees, in addition to her work with the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

The deadline for the twelfth annual Joanne Angle Investigator Award is March 6, 2015. Grants are for a one-year period, up to $30,000, reviewed by a panel of scientists, and commence on July 1, 2015.

The 2015 Joanne Angle Investigator Award provides funding for research investigating public health related to eye health and safety. All research grants must promote the core mission of Prevent Blindness: preventing blindness and preserving sight. Basic laboratory science research will not be supported under this program.

Applications will be accepted in the following priority areas in adult vision, children’s vision, or eye injury:

Burden/economic aspects of eye disease/vision loss on society
Best practices to integrate vision screening/follow up care to system care access
Vision program effectiveness/evaluation

More informtion can be found on the organization's website

US Army Medical Research and Material Command BAA

Funding Opportunity: US Army Medical Research and Material Command Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Medical Research

Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-BAA-13-1

Application Due Date: None. This is a continuously open announcement; pre-proposal/pre-applications may be submitted at any time throughout the 12 month period. Successful pre-proposals will be asked to submit a full proposal within 90 days of the invitation.

Summary:

The US Army Medical Research and Material Command's (USAMRMC) mission is to provide solutions to medical problems of importance to the American Warfighter at home and abroad. There are seven Researh Areas of Interest, three of which have potential for funding vision research proposals are:

1)      The Combat Casualty Care Research Program, which mentions Traumatic Brain Injury.

2)      The Military Operational Medicine Research Program, which includes the prevention of vision loss in its portfolio.

3)      The Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program, which includes Vision Restoration and Rehabilitation in its portfolio.

Award Budget Information:
Funding has NOT been set aside specifically for this BAA and the number of awards is indeterminate. Selection of research projects is a highly competitive process and is based on the evaluation of the proposal/application’s technical merit, programmatic considerations and the availability of funds.

The full agency announcement is available at grants.gov