Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have been awarded £26.5m for eye research from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).
The award, for five years from April 2012, is significantly higher than was anticipated and followed an application to the Department of Health earlier this summer, which was assessed by an international selection panel.
Moorfields' chief executive John Pelly said: 'Research is at the heart of what Moorfields is all about and will become ever more important as the population ages and eye disease becomes more prevalent. This generous NIHR support is vital acknowledgement of the difference we can make to people's lives and will help us to ensure that Moorfields remains where it should be - at the forefront of developments in eye care.'
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