The charity's current research programme of over £5 million is supporting projects at major centres of excellence.
Our achievements
Through its funding, Fight for Sight has made a major contribution to scientific and medical advances in eye research. Read about some of the many achievements the charity has helped to fund.
A life in eye research
Read about one researcher's life in eye research.
Choroideremia
Fight for Sight is funding research at Imperial College London into potential treatments for choroideremia, an inherited eye condition that can cause progressive sight loss.
Current research funding opportunities
Fight for Sight offers a wide range of research funding opportunities. The application process for PhD Studentships, Project Grants, Clinical Fellowships and the Early Career Investigator Award for 2010 has now closed. Details of the application process for 2011 awards will be available in June 2010. In addition, applications for the Dr Hans and Mrs Gertrude Hirsch Award and the Fight for Sight Small Grants Awards will be advertised in May 2010.