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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Funding
$1.6M
$1,568,295
Awards
4
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
5
3 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#52
of 69 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Ophthalmology row of the University of Florida page.

Leads a grant in this department

3 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Astra Dinculescu

    Leads 1 award · $690,702

  2. W Clay Smith

    Leads 2 awards · $496,343

    • 5R01EY035768-03Department: NIH department code
      A modified arrestin1 to enhance glycolysis in photoreceptors as a therapeutic approach to slowing retinal degeneration
      $372,335
      award amount
    • 5T32EY007132-32Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Vision Science
      $124,008
      award amount
  3. Qiuhong Li

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01EY035413-04Department: NIH department code
      Pro/renin receptor-mediated signaling in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy
      $381,250
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.