




Research Funding
Research Grants & Awards
Research funding for Jules Stein Eye Institute faculty, 2022–2026
26 NIH grants · 4 non-NIH grants · 0 awards · sourced from NIH Reporter and ORCID · refreshed daily
2026
Anne Coleman
Anthony Aldave
Clinician-Scientist Eye Training (C-SET) Program
Anne Louise Coleman, Anthony John Aldave
$595K
Greg D. Field
Mapping the retinal projectome in primates
Gregory Darin Field, Hong-wei Dong, Alexander C Huk
$2.69M
Greg D. Field
Elucidating Novel Features of Visual Processing and Physiological Connectivity from Retina to Primary Visual Cortex
Gregory Darin Field, Alexander C Huk, Steven Warren Zucker
$2.70M
Alapakkam Sampath
Molecular Basis of Photoreceptor Wiring
Kirill A. Martemyanov, Alapakkam P Sampath
$490K
Edmund Tsui
Researching OCT Biomarkers in UveitiS clinical Trials (ROBUST)
Edmund Tsui, Michael M Altaweel, Douglas A Jabs
$723K
David Williams
Cellular mechanisms of MYO7A in the retina
Brian A Link, David S Williams
$591K
Joel Zylberberg
Why are there so many retinal ganglion cell types?: An information-theoretic framework to understand the tradeoff between computations performed at the sensory periphery vs the central nervous system
2025
Adrian Au
Genetic Variation in AMD Progression and Treatment Response
Adrian C Au
$244K
Joseph Demer
Greg D. Field
David Williams
Xian-Jie Yang
Prototype Construction Core
Joseph Louis Demer
$125K
Sophie Deng
Development of Stem Cell-based Therapies for Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
Sophie Deng
$627K
Alapakkam Sampath
Physiology of Retinal Degeneration
Alapakkam P Sampath
$624K
David Williams
Outer Segment tip ingestion by the RPE
David S Williams
$475K
2024
Ava Bittner
Beacon Sensors and Telerehabilitation to Assess and Improve use of Devices (BeST-AID) for Low Vision
Ava K Bittner
$171K
Joseph Demer
Biomechanical Analysis in Strabismus Surgery
Joseph Louis Demer
$668K
Greg D. Field
High-throughput, high-resolution 3D measurement of ethologically relevant rodent behavior in a dynamic environment
Timothy William Dunn, Gregory Darin Field, Michael R Tadross
$363K
Joel Zylberberg
Greg D. Field
Dynamic retinal coding in natural environments
Frederick M Rieke, Gregory Darin Field, Joel Zylberberg
$488K
Yi-Rong Peng
Transcriptional Control of Neuronal Position and Connection in the Retina
Yi-rong Peng
$394K
Edmund Tsui
UCLA/American Uveitis Society 2nd International Workshop on Objective Measures for Use in Clinical Trials
Edmund Tsui
$32K
2023
Greg D. Field
Receptive field coordination across mosaics of diverse retinal ganglion cell types in the mammalian retina
Gregory Darin Field
$353K
Greg D. Field
Visual signaling from retina to superior colliculus
Gregory Darin Field, Marc A Sommer
$524K
Edmund Tsui
Objective quantification of vitreous inflammation using optical coherence tomography
Edmund Tsui
$250K
Irena Tsui
Neonatal Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography to Assess the Effects of Postnatal Exposures on Retinal Development and Predict Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Irena Tsui, Alison Chu
$407K
Gabriel Travis
Investigating the biology of the inherited human blindness gene RGR-opsin; understand role in vision loss and contribute to development of treatments.
Joel Zylberberg
Computational Neuroscience
2022
Alapakkam Sampath
FASEB's The Biology and Chemistry of Vision Conference
Alapakkam P Sampath, Phyllis R Robinson
$0K
Alapakkam Sampath
Vision Science Training Program
Alapakkam P Sampath
$173K
David Williams
Cellular Mechanisms of Photoreceptor Disk Morphogenesis
David S Williams
$459K
Xian-Jie Yang
Metabolism and neuronal viability of the retina
Xian-jie Yang
$390K
Joel Zylberberg