Pediatric Ophthalmology Career-Starter Research Grants, award period 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2028

Who can apply: The applicant must hold an MD, PhD or equivalent and be at the beginning of an academic career, defined as at least two years of postdoctoral fellowship and no more than seven years since completing formal training, and must not hold an academic rank of Associate Professor or above. Awards are restricted to… What is funded: KTEF funds one year of research by someone at the start of an academic career working on eye disease in infants and children. The maximum award is USD 100,000, paid as USD 90,000 up front with USD 10,000 held back until a status report, and the foundation pays no indirect costs to the host institution. The application… Deadline: 15 January 2027 (the guidelines print the cut-off as, Friday 15 January 2027). Round: 2027 round, for the award period 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2028.

Read the full call and apply on the official page: Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. (KTEF), official page.

Who can apply

• The applicant must hold an MD, PhD or equivalent and be at the beginning of an academic career, defined as at least two years of postdoctoral fellowship and no more than seven years since completing formal training, and must not hold an academic rank of Associate Professor or above. Awards are restricted to investigators living and working legally in the United States or one of its territories, and the research must be done at a United States institution of higher learning or a federal or state scientific or health care agency, so an applicant based outside the United States cannot use this scheme. Nationality itself is not restricted. Applicants must not be a current or former principal investigator on an NIH research project grant or career development award, although holders of T32, F30, F31 and F32 awards stay eligible. No application fee.

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