Project summaries and impact reports of the past recipients awarded by the Retina Australia Grants Program can be found here.
Cone photoreceptor development and cell death mechanisms
Dr Livia S Carvalho - Lions Eye Institute/University of Western Australia, Perth
$40,000 (2016)
Australian Inherited Retinal Diseases Register and DNA Bank
Dr Tina Lamey - Australian Inherited Retinal Diseases Register and DNA Bank, Perth
$110,000 (2016)
Correcting inherited retinal disease through gene editing
Dr Sandy Hung - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$39,551 (2015)
Evaluation of electrical stimulation strategies for selective activation of neurons by a retinal prosthesis
Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell - University of NSW, Sydney
$39,405 (2015)
Hyperspectral funduscopy for non-invasive detection of retinal ischemia
Dr Marc Sarossy - RMIT University, Melbourne
$40,000 (2015)
Validation of novel outcome measures for use in vision restoration clinical trials
Associate Professor Lauren Ayton - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$39,630 (2014)
Finding genetics answers for Leber congenital amaurosis using next-generation sequencing
Associate Professor Robyn Jamieson - Eye Genetics Research Group, Sydney
$40,000 (2014)
Accelerating therapeutic discoveries for retinitis pigmentosa
Professor David Mackey AO - Lions Eye Institute, Perth
$140,000 (2014)
The role of gliosis in advanced retinal degeneration
Associate Professor Erica Fletcher - University of Melbourne
$40,000 (2013)
In vitro and In vivo Response of Retinal Muller Glia to Photobiomodulation
Associate Professor Krisztina Valter-Kocsi - Australian National University, Canberra
$50,000 (2012)
The role of purines in photoreceptor death during retinal degeneration
Associate Professor Erica Fletcher - University of Melbourne
$39,670 (2011)
Does the level of systemic inflammation influence the outcome of treatment in neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
Professor Robyn Guymer - Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne
$30,000 (2011)
Role of a novel miRNA in the dominant syndromic disorder of macular dystrophy and split habd and foot malformation
Professor David M Hunt - School of Animal Biology, UWA Oceans Institute and Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia
$30,000 (2011)
Histamine in the development and maintenance of the retina
Dr Ursula Greferath - University of Melbourne
$40,000 (2010)
Recent developments in retinal degeneration
Associate Professor Erica Fletcher - University of Melbourne
$23,600 (2010)
The role of purines in photoreceptor death during retinal degeneration
Associate Professor Erica Fletcher - University of Melbourne
$40,000 (2009)
Photoreceptor degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Professor Michael Kalloniatis - University of Auckland
$40,000 (2008)
Gene therapy for LCA and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Professor Elizabeth Rakoczy - Research at Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia
$60,000 (2007)
Functional optical imaging of the cat visual cortex in response to electrical stimulation of the retina
Professor Nigel Lovell - University of New South Wales, Sydney
$30,000 (2006)
Optimising the benefits of retinal gene therapy using animal models of Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis
Professor Elizabeth Rakoczy - University of Western Australia/Lions Institute, Perth
$45,000 (2006)