diff --git a/app/packages/core/src/plugins/SchemaIO/components/TimerView.tsx b/app/packages/core/src/plugins/SchemaIO/components/TimerView.tsx
index 6980c500e35..b098c02035e 100644
--- a/app/packages/core/src/plugins/SchemaIO/components/TimerView.tsx
+++ b/app/packages/core/src/plugins/SchemaIO/components/TimerView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { usePanelEvent } from "@fiftyone/operators";
 import { usePanelId } from "@fiftyone/spaces";
 import { ViewPropsType } from "../utils/types";
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export type TimerViewParams = {
   on_timeout?: string;
   interval?: number;
   timeout?: number;
+  params?: object;
 };
 
 class Timer {
@@ -47,7 +48,13 @@ class TimeoutTimer extends Timer {
 function useTimer(params: TimerViewParams) {
   const panelId = usePanelId();
   const triggerEvent = usePanelEvent();
-  const { on_interval, interval, timeout, on_timeout } = params;
+  const {
+    on_interval,
+    interval,
+    timeout,
+    on_timeout,
+    params: operator_params,
+  } = params;
   const ref = useRef<Timer | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -64,7 +71,7 @@ function useTimer(params: TimerViewParams) {
           if (on_interval) {
             triggerEvent(panelId, {
               operator: on_interval,
-              params: {},
+              params: operator_params || {},
               prompt: null,
             });
           }
@@ -73,7 +80,7 @@ function useTimer(params: TimerViewParams) {
           if (on_timeout) {
             triggerEvent(panelId, {
               operator: on_timeout,
-              params: {},
+              params: operator_params || {},
               prompt: null,
             });
           }
diff --git a/fiftyone/operators/types.py b/fiftyone/operators/types.py
index 50924b56d2e..6a873b03d0a 100644
--- a/fiftyone/operators/types.py
+++ b/fiftyone/operators/types.py
@@ -2814,6 +2814,7 @@ class TimerView(View):
         interval (None): the interval in milliseconds to wait before executing the operator
         on_timeout (None): the operator to execute when the timeout is reached
         on_interval (None): the operator to execute at the interval
+        params (None): the params passed to the on_interval or on_timeout operator
     """
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):