For more than 40 years, the Glaucoma Research Foundation has funded innovative clinical and laboratory research. We’ve done so thanks to the help and dedication of the community, who have stood by and supported us in our mission to makes lives better and to find a cure. With your continued financial support and involvement, we will continue to lead the way in research until a cure is found.
In February 2019, Glaucoma Research Foundation launched the Catalyst for a Cure Vision Restoration Initiative with a goal to better understand what causes vision loss in glaucoma and then to identify targeted interventions. Read More »
Our multidisciplinary consortium is working together to speed the cure for glaucoma and restore vision.
We provide seed money for creative projects that hold promise and explore new research territory.
Interested in specific advances? We publish information about new research results as it becomes available.
Annually we bring together leading experts to discuss new ideas that could lead to better treatments and a cure for glaucoma.
Hannah was diagnosed with glaucoma just a few months after she was born. Now she is 17 and starting college. She talks about her struggles with glaucoma and why she supports Glaucoma Research Foundation in our search for a cure.
There is no specific level of elevated eye pressure that definitely leads to glaucoma; conversely, there is no lower level of IOP that will absolutely eliminate a person's risk of developing glaucoma.
