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Eversight Awards 2021-2022 Eye & Vision Research Grants

CLEVELAND, July 8, 2022 — The Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research has awarded four grants to investigators at Wayne State University, University of Michigan, University of Maryland and Loyola University to advance promising eye and vision research. Recipients were selected by an... read more

CLEVELAND, July 8, 2022 — The Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research has awarded... read more

Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation invests in vision, eye banking research

CLEVELAND, Feb. 14, 2022 — The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation has renewed support of Eversight’s mission by awarding a $75,000 grant to support four critical research studies at the Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research in Cleveland. The Ingalls Foundation and... read more

CLEVELAND, Feb. 14, 2022 — The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation has renewed support... read more

Eversight awarded $50,000 grant to investigate enriched graft preparation

CLEVELAND, Jan. 17, 2022 — Eversight was awarded the 2021 Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) High Impact Research Grant to investigate the development of eye-bank prepared and enriched corneal grafts. This research is being conducted in partnership with Nambi Nallasamy, MD, and Shahzad I.... read more

CLEVELAND, Jan. 17, 2022 — Eversight was awarded the 2021 Eye Bank Association of America... read more

Eversight receives 2021 Healthcare Hero Award for COVID-19 research

CLARK, N.J., July 27, 2021 — Eversight has been named a 2021 Healthcare Hero by NJBIZ, New Jersey's leading business journal, for the organization’s ongoing research into COVID-19 and the eye. The annual Healthcare Heroes Awards program recognizes excellence, promotes innovation and... read more

CLARK, N.J., July 27, 2021 — Eversight has been named a 2021 Healthcare Hero by NJBIZ, New... read more

Eversight Awards 2020-2021 Eye & Vision Research Grants

CLEVELAND, May 18, 2021 — The Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research has awarded five grants to investigators at Harvard Medical School, University of Illinois College of Medicine and Wayne State University School of Medicine to advance promising eye and vision research. Recipients... read more

CLEVELAND, May 18, 2021 — The Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research has awarded... read more

Thome Foundation awards $50,000 to Eversight operations and research

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 2, 2020 — Eversight is proud to receive a $50,000 grant from the Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation to further access to sight restoration through cornea transplantation. When elective surgeries were brought to a halt in spring 2020, Eversight was left to... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 2, 2020 — Eversight is proud to receive a $50,000 grant from the Edward N.... read more

Eversight-led research confirms presence of SARS-CoV-2 in postmortem ocular tissue

CLEVELAND, Nov. 19, 2020 — Eversight today announced research findings showing a small but noteworthy prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in ocular tissues from individuals who died from COVID-19. The findings were presented Nov. 7 at the 2020 Cornea and Eye Banking Forum and Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in... read more

CLEVELAND, Nov. 19, 2020 — Eversight today announced research findings showing a small but... read more

Research Grant Applications

Eversight awarded targeted research grant to analyze COVID-19 effects on eye donation

CLEVELAND, June 8, 2020 — Eversight has been awarded an Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) Targeted Research Grant to investigate COVID-19 testing of potential eye tissue donors and how COVID-19 infection affects the safety of eye tissues donated for sight-restoring transplants. Individuals... read more

CLEVELAND, June 8, 2020 — Eversight has been awarded an Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA)... read more

2019 grant recipients pursue essential optical research

2019 Eye & Vision Research Grants were awarded to investigators at Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan Medical School, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Tufts Medical Center to advance promising eye and... read more

2019 Eye & Vision Research Grants were awarded to investigators at Kellogg Eye Center at the... read more