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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Ophthalmology at University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Funding
$5.6M
$5,627,958
Awards
10
FY2026 NIH awards in Ophthalmology
Principal investigators
10
9 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#20
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 Washington page.

Leads a grant in this department

9 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. Jay Neitz

    Leads 2 awards · $1,440,177

    • 2P30EY001730-51Department: NIH department code
      Vision Research Core

      Principal investigators: James Bryant Hurley (contact PI), Jay Neitz (contact PI), Maureen E Neitz (contact PI)

      $880,507
      award amount
    • 5R01EY027859-09Department: NIH department code
      Linking retinal circuits to perception
      $559,670
      award amount
  2. Ramkumar Sabesan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,378,910

    • 2R01EY029710-06Department: NIH department code
      Photoreceptor mosaic in health and disease
      $756,106
      award amount
    • 1R01EY037726-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of the Cone Optoretinogram
      $622,804
      award amount
  3. James Bryant Hurley

    Leads 1 award · $880,507

  4. Maureen E Neitz

    Leads 1 award · $880,507

  5. Ethan D Buhr

    Leads 2 awards · $850,965

    • 5R01EY035319-03Department: NIH department code
      Photoreceptor induction in wounded corneas
      $441,250
      award amount
    • 5R01GM152641-03Department: NIH department code
      The mechanism of extra-visual circadian photoentrainment in mammals
      $409,715
      award amount
  6. Yuzuru Sasamoto

    Leads 1 award · $745,716

    • 5R01EY036399-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of BCAM-positive cells in central cornea, limbus and conjunctiva
      $745,716
      award amount
  7. Jennifer Rayming Chao

    Leads 1 award · $540,137

    • 5R01EY034364-05Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic dysfunction from ECM remodeling in diseases of human RPE

      Principal investigators: Jennifer Rayming Chao (contact PI), Jianhai Du

      $540,137
      award amount
  8. Michael B Manookin

    Leads 1 award · $441,776

    • 5R01EY027323-09Department: NIH department code
      Function, diversity, and circuitry of parallel retinal ganglion cell pathways
      $441,776
      award amount
  9. Debarshi Mustafi

    Leads 1 award · $230,277

    • 5K08EY033789-04Department: NIH department code
      The role of non-coding variants in Usher disease
      $230,277
      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.

Also counted toward University of Washington in the Ophthalmology ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward University of Washington. With University of Washington's own 10 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #20, $6,191,223, 12 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.