Career Development Program (CDA)
Foundation Fighting Blindness
CDA’s goal is to help advance junior clinical research scientists in their professional endeavors to cure retinal degenerative disease by: (1) facilitating advances in laboratory and clinical research; (2) elucidating the mechanism for the cause and pathogenesis of retinal degenerative diseases; (3) developing innovative strategies to prevent, treat and cure these diseases.
In general, each five-year award will be for a total of $375,000, received as five annual payments of $75,000.
Deadlines
| UM Internal Deadline | Sponsor Deadline | |
|---|---|---|
Application | 09-Jan-2026 | 29-Jan-2026 |
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