Grant Recipients and Committee Members
See our most recent ARI Grant Recipients and Committee members, as well as Grant Recipients from previous years.
~400
Awards Granted
45
Years of ARI
>$32M
Funded Research
2026 ARI Grant Recipients
Senior Investigator
Recognizing established researchers conducting transformative research
Donald T. Miller
Indiana University School of Optometry
Proposal: Direct, Cellular-Level Detection of Glaucoma Progression Using Adaptive Optics OCT and Microperimetry
Ajay E. Kuriyan, MD, MS
Wills Eye Hospital
Proposal: Targeting Myofibroblasts and Their Progenitors to Prevent Retinal Detachment Secondary to Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
2026 ARI Grant Recipients
Early Investigator
Recognizing early-in-career researchers
Laura Campello, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Proposal: Somatic Mutations in Retinal Aging: A Systems-Level Approach to Biomarker Discovery
Guanghan Meng
University of California, Berkeley
Proposal: Defining Early Functional Vascular Biomarkers of Glaucoma Using HighSpeed Two-Photon Retinal Imaging
Luciano C. Greig
University of California, San Francisco
Proposal: Gene regulatory networks controlling retinal ganglion cell development and regeneration in mice
Nita Valikodath, MD, MS
University of Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center
Proposal: A Child-Friendly, Motion-Tolerant Robotic OCT System for Pediatric Retinal Imaging
Parisa Emami, MD, MPH
University of California Davis
Proposal: A Dye-Free “Virtual Angiogram” for Quantifying Retinal Inflammation Using Multimodal Imaging and Artificial Intelligence
Graham S. Erwin, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Proposal: Patient-Derived Models of Corneal Endothelial Dystrophy
ARI Grant Recipients
Our grant recipients are leading vision science professionals who have been selected based on their contributions to the field and potential for further breakthroughs.
2024 Grant Recipients
2025 Grant Recipients
2026 Grant Recipients
ARI Committee Members
We are grateful to the Alcon Research Institute's Committee Members for their dedicated service in selecting our Grant Recipients.
New ARI Leadership
ARI recognizes Dr. Mark Humayun for 10 years of service to ARI and welcomes Dr. Allen Ho as incoming ARI Executive Committee Chair.
