BrightFocus Foundation Announces $10M in New Funding Across Brain and Vision Research, Celebrates Historic Diversity of Grant Award Recipients

CLARKSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global nonprofit BrightFocus Foundation announces $10 million in new Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma research grant funding—age-related diseases with no cure that affect more than 335 million people worldwide. This year’s new BrightFocus grant recipients, 42 in total, are the most diverse in the charity’s 50-year history: Women comprise 67% of new grant recipients, more than double the global percentage of female researchers*, and the la