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    New research award targets vision health in regional and rural Australia

    The Elisabeth Macdonald Memorial Award, announced in the lead up to World Sight Day (9 October 2025) and marking the start of MDFA’s 25th anniversary year, will fund innovative research focused on improving diagnosis, treatment, and support for people living with macular or retinal disease outside major cities. 

    Read the Governor General’s speech from MDFA Research Grants Awards 

    Celebrating leading macular disease researchers Speech at Macular Disease Foundation Australia’s Research Awards | Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia

    2025 MDFA research grant awards presented at Admiralty House

    Celebrating leading macular disease researchers

    2025 Research Grant Recipient  

    Driving into the future: strategies to enhance independence for drivers with macular degeneration, including licensing options and the role of modern vehicle technology

    2025 Grant Family Fund Award Recipient

    Exploring exosomal therapeutics delivery strategies for macular disease

    2025 Research Grant Recipient

    Reducing the risk of end-stage complications of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD): macular atrophy and subretinal fibrosis

    2025 Research Grant Recipient

    Towards a personalised approach to predicting and preventing progression of age-related macular degeneration

    2025 Research Grant Recipient 

    Genotype-phenotype correlations in PRPH2-associated retinal dystrophy

    2025 Research Grant Recipient  

    Nocturnal hypoxia: An unrecognised risk factor for neovascular age-related macular degeneration

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