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Laura Ensign

From the FY2026 NIH awards this investigator leads as contact PI. The department is the award's.

FY2026 NIH rank #6,040
Unclaimed recordClaim profile
  • R01 Holder
  • Early Career
  • Mentor

Researcher identity and coverage

Current affiliation
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NIH RePORTER identity
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ScienceDex PI coverage
FY2024 through FY2026Career claims are limited to the years shown.

FY2026 award categories

  • Ophthalmology

NIH Funding · FY2026

Linked Award Amount
$3M
Full award amounts, FY2026
Award Records
6
Records listing this PI
Award-Linked Rank
#6,040
By linked amount among FY2026 PIs
Earliest Year Loaded
2024
ScienceDex PI coverage

One scientist record

NIH portfolios and SHARE

This is the common ScienceDex page for Laura Ensign. NIH portfolio memberships are contextual views of this scientist, while SHARE Score, S-Index, and S-Impact describe the researcher's global sharing track record.

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FY2026 NIH portfolio memberships

No institute-level portfolio release is available for this scientist and fiscal year yet. Existing award history remains unchanged above.

Researcher-associated datasets

These datasets are linked to this researcher's ShareScore identity. This does not by itself prove that an NIH portfolio funded each dataset.

No compatible author-to-dataset release is published. Dataset records are unavailable, not zero.

Award-linked funding history

Linked NIH award amounts and rank by fiscal year.

FY2026 award records by amount

NIH award records listing Laura Ensign as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.

  • 1R01EY038208-01A1R01Contact PI
    Machine learning-driven multifunctional peptide engineering for sustained intraocular pressure lowering
    Johns Hopkins University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)
    $624.7K
    award amount
  • 5R01HD108905-04R01Contact PI
    Nanomedicine-based approach for characterizing the epigenome in prevention of inflammation-induced preterm birth.
    Johns Hopkins University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)
    $608.5K
    award amount
  • 5R01EY034902-03R01Contact PI
    Topical drug delivery formulations for neuroprotection in glaucoma
    Johns Hopkins University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)
    $535.5K
    award amount
  • 5R01EY033386-05R01Contact PI
    Eye drop formulations for enhanced penetration of water soluble antibiotics to treat infections
    Johns Hopkins University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)
    $471.4K
    award amount
  • 5R01EY036027-03R01Contact PI
    Topical delivery of HIF-1 inhibitors for retinal and choroidal vascular diseases
    Johns Hopkins University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)
    $436.7K
    award amount
  • 5T32EY007143-32T32Co-investigator
    Visual Science Training Program
    Johns Hopkins University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)
    $306.6K
    award amount

Award organization

Organizations that administered FY2026 awards listing Laura Ensign as a PI.

FY2026 award administered by Johns Hopkins University (MD).

Coverage and award-record milestones

Computed from the fiscal years currently available in ScienceDex.

  1. 2024
    First NIH Award
    Johns Hopkins University
  2. 2024
    $500K Cumulative Funding
  3. 2024
    $1M Cumulative Funding
  4. 2024
    $2M Cumulative Funding
  5. 2024
    Entered Top 50% Nationally
    Ranked #1247
  6. 2024
    Entered Top 25% Nationally
    Ranked #1247
  7. 2024
    Entered Top 10% Nationally
    Ranked #1247
  8. 2025
    $5M Cumulative Funding
  9. 2025
    R01 Grant Holder
  10. 2026
    $10M Cumulative Funding

Shared-award investigators

Other investigators listed on at least one of the same NIH award records as Laura Ensign.

Justin S. Hanes
Johns Hopkins University
6
shared awards
Irina Burd
Johns Hopkins University
5
shared awards
Peter A Campochiaro
Johns Hopkins University
3
shared awards
Steven L. Salzberg
Johns Hopkins University
3
shared awards
Amer Riazuddin
Johns Hopkins University
2
shared awards
Donald J. Zack
Johns Hopkins University
2
shared awards
Jeremy Nathans
Johns Hopkins University
2
shared awards
Sezen Karakus
Johns Hopkins University
2
shared awards
Michael P Cummings
Johns Hopkins University
1
shared award
Tung Heng Hsueh
Novus Vision LLC
1
shared award

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