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AGI Funding Opportunities

NEI Audacious Goals Initiative: Translation-Enabling Models to Evaluate Survival and Integration of Regenerated Neurons in the Visual System

Details:

  • U24 Resource-Related Research Projects – Cooperative Agreements
  • RFA-EY-20-001
  • U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed

Program Director: Thomas Greenwell, Ph.D (Greenwellt@nei.nih.gov)

Application CLOSED

NEI Audacious Goals Initiative: Preliminary Studies for Translation-Enabling Models of the Visual System

Details:

  • R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant
  • RFA-EY-19-001
  • R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed

Program Director: Thomas Greenwell, Ph.D (Greenwellt@nei.nih.gov)

Applications CLOSED

NEI Audacious Goals Initiative: Translation-enabling Models to Evaluate Survival and Integration of Regenerated Neurons in the Visual System

Details:

  • U24 Resource-Related Research Projects – Cooperative Agreements
  • RFA-EY-17-003
  • U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed

Program Director: Thomas Greenwell, Ph.D (Greenwellt@nei.nih.gov)

Applications CLOSED

NEI Audacious Goal Initiative: Discovery-based Science to Identify Factors Influencing Neural Regeneration in the Visual System

Details:

  • RFA-EY-15-002
  • U01

Program Director: Lisa Neuhold, Ph.D. (lneuhold@mail.nih.gov)

Applications CLOSED

NEI Audacious Goals Initiative: Addressing Technical Needs and Opportunities for Imaging the Visual System

Details:

  • RFA-EY-14-001
  • U01

Program Director: Cheri Wiggs, Ph.D. (Cheri.Wiggs@nih.gov)

Applications CLOSED

Last updated: October 21, 2025