Steven Barnes, PhD, Receives Shaffer Grant for Glaucoma Research

Steven Barnes, PhD, Principal Investigator at Doheny Eye Institute and Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, was selected by the Glaucoma Research Foundation to receive a Shaffer Grant to support glaucoma research.

The Shaffer Grants program is an innovation incubator which funds bold investigators whose creative projects show strong potential for impact on glaucoma. Its goal is to attract much-needed brainpower to glaucoma research and one day find a cure. The grant is named in honor of glaucoma pioneer Robert N. Shaffer, MD, who launched the Glaucoma Research Foundation.

Each grant is one year and provides $55,000 in seed money for projects that align with the goals of the foundation. Nearly 300 Shaffer Grants have been awarded since 2008.