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· 3 days ago

Research to Prevent Blindness is a nonprofit grantmaker, not a product anyone buys. Only eligible ophthalmology departments and researchers apply for its grants; software shoppers leave.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 40+ public sources; none describe a purchasable product.

Ratings

  • Value for moneyNo prices exist; RPB gives money away
  • Ease of useNo product interface to evaluate
  • Feature depthGrant programs exist, no software features
  • Support qualityContact emails exist, no quality evidence
  • Security postureNo security findings in sources reviewed

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Ophthalmology departments at US medical schools
  • Vision researchers seeking career awards
  • Institutions hosting unrestricted RPB grants

Not for

  • Software buyers shopping for tools
  • Small teams wanting a simple app
  • Patients seeking personal care funding
  • Nonprofits outside eye research

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Application requirements include written evaluations; check the Applications page before planning

low

Name confusion exists: a forum thread asks if is still in business

low

No published prices or plans; RPB awards grants instead of selling

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Awarded $4.8M in grants to support eye research
  • Runs named programs: Career Development, Physician-Scientist, and Collaborators awards
  • Partners with the American Academy of Ophthalmology on big data grants
  • Sixty years of grantmaking for vision research

Cons

  • Not a product; nothing here to purchase or deploy
  • Unrestricted grants go to departments, not individual buyers
  • Grant applications require written evaluations and reports

Sources & method

- 11 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x1security x1news x6

Key stats

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    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 11

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money. No prices exist; RPB gives money away
  • Ease of use. No product interface to evaluate
  • Feature depth. Grant programs exist, no software features
  • Support quality. Contact emails exist, no quality evidence
  • Security posture. No security findings in sources reviewed
  • $4.8M Recent grant award Eye research grants per Ophthalmology Times
  • 60 Years of operation Per RPB Facebook anniversary post
  • $115,000 2024 unrestricted grant Renewed at Wayne State School of Medicine
  • $10.7M 2014 grant package For innovative eye research

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

No user reviews exist for this grantmaker; one forum thread questions a similarly named site's business status.

Companies that use it

  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Duke Ophthalmology
  • UNC Department of Ophthalmology⁷
  • University of Utah Moran Eye Center
  • Wayne State University School of Medicine⁸
Full analysis

Based on 40+ public sources; none describe a purchasable product.

Not software: RPB is a 60-year grantmaker funding eye research at US ophthalmology departments. Nothing to buy.

Methodology

Based on 40+ public sources; none describe a purchasable product.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Research to Prevent Blindness: Homerpbusa.org
    official
  2. Applicationsrpbusa.org
    official
  3. RPB awards $4.8M in grants to support eye researchophthalmologytimes.com
    news
  4. RPBusa.com are they still in business?falfiles.com
    review
  5. Research To Prevent Blindness | GuideStarguidestar.org
    official
  6. RPB 60th anniversary postfacebook.com
    news
  7. Unrestricted RPB Grant | UNCmed.unc.edu
    news
  8. RPB renews $115,000 grant at Wayne Statetoday.wayne.edu
    news
  9. RPB provides $10.7 million in grantsnewswise.com
    news
  10. RPB and American Academy of Ophthalmologyaao.org
    news
  11. Product security pagerpbusa.org
    security

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