It is our pleasure to announce the recipients of our second Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) Awards competition, as well as the recipient of our very first Glaucoma and Optic Neuropathies Award competition. This year, Prof. Nader Sheibani and Assistant Prof. Ismail Zaitoun have won our two AMD Awards, Prof. Kimberly Stepien has won the RP Award, and Prof. Rob Nickells has won the Glaucoma & Optic Neuropathies Award. Each will receive $50,000 of research support over the course of the coming calendar year.
For more information on the winners and their proposals, see the AMD/RP Awards recipient page and the Glaucoma & Optic Neuropathies Award recipient page.