Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery with a joint appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Meha Kabra, PhD, research associate in Pattnaik’s lab, were both awarded travel grants to assist them in attending the 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Eye Research (ISER) in Gold Coast, Australia. The conference took place February 19–23, 2023. This year’s meeting, which had been delayed several years due to COVID-19 constraints, offered presentations and discussions on advancing scientific research at both the clinical and laboratory levels. Pattnaik received funding in the amount of $2,000 from the UW Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE). Kabra received funding in the amount of $1,500 from the International Society of Eye Research.