FFB Clinical Research Fellowship Award - Now Accepting Applications

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August 11, 2025 at 4:54 pm #15487

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Dear HRA Community,

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is acceptingapplications for the Clinical Research Fellowship Award. Please share this funding opportunity with those who may be interested.

Below the signature, you will find the RFA and a link for more information. If you have any questions, feel free to contact [email protected].

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Leilla

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Science Grants Specialist

[email protected]

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FightingBlindness.org

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From: Foundation Fighting Blindness <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2025 3:51 PM
To: Leilla Kenney <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]FFB Clinical Research Fellowship Award – Now Accepting Applications

The Foundation Fighting Blindness seeks applications for its Clinical Research Fellowship Award Program.

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

The Foundation Fighting Blindness seeks applications for its Clinical Research Fellowship Award Program

The Foundation Fighting Blindness annually makes available funds to support clinician-scientists in their first- or second-year fellowship. Clinical Research Fellowship Award (CRFA) provides one year of support for aspiring clinician-scientists interested in inherited retinal degenerations. The one-year award is $65,000.

Eligibility
Clinicians who possess an M.D., D.O., O.D., or recognized equivalent foreign degree by the time the fellowship starts and will be eligible for subspecialty board certification at the completion of their training program are eligible to apply for a CRFA.

Ophthalmology residents or fellows with an interest in inherited retinal degenerations could apply for both a fellowship position and a CRFA in the final year of their residency program.
Ophthalmology residents or fellows with an interest in inherited orphan retinal degenerations could apply for a CRFA the year before applying for the fellowship position itself, allowing the applicant and institution to knowabout funding prior to the fellowship application.

Applications may be submitted by candidates in coordination with domestic and foreign, public and private, academic institutions, as well as hospitals and laboratories affiliated with such institutions. Individuals from underrepresented racial, ethnic and gender groups, as well as individuals with disabilities, are always encouraged to apply.

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