Resources for Researchers

The NEI Technology Transfer Office (NEI TTO) works closely with NEI investigators to facilitate development of novel inventions and collaborative relationships between NEI and the broader scientific community.

The NEI Office of Regenerative Medicine (ORM) provides scientific and administrative support to the vision research community. The ORM facilitates collaboration among scientists across the NIH and other federal agencies, academia, and nonprofit and private research sectors. ORM’s goal is to accelerate progress in regenerative medicine for vision.

Find information for vision researchers and links to databases of genetic information, policies related to genetic research, and consortia currently conducting studies on the genetics of vision problems.

This compound is essential to many types of vision research, and NEI can offer up to 20 milligrams each year to researchers — with priority for principal investigators on NEI-funded studies.

NIH strives for the highest levels of transparency and public accountability. The Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) provides access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research.

Stem cell therapies have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of vision disorders and eye diseases — but researchers are still learning about how to use them safely. Get updates on stem cell research being conducted or supported by NIH, state initiatives, universities and other institutions, and the global scientific community.

The Human Tissue and Organ Research Resource (HTORR) is an NIH-wide program that provides high-quality human biospecimens to investigators to facilitate scientific advances in biomedical research across multiple disciplines. At present HTORR is managed by National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI) that has provided vision researchers with high-quality human tissues and organs to advance biomedical research for more than 30 years.