SUDEP Institute Challenge: FINAL MILESTONE (#3): Developing Predictive Biomarkers of Epilepsy Sz

Each year, more than 1 out of 1,000 people with epilepsy die from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, known as SUDEP. If seizures are not controlled, the risk increases to 1 out of 150. One way the Epilepsy Foundation SUDEP Institute is trying to save lives and end SUDEP is with a series of four multidisciplinary prize challenges. 1. The fir...

Applications accepted: 7/25/17 - 10/10/20
Funder: Epilepsy Foundation
Tags: Models, Clinical Epilepsy, Mechanisms, Devices, Technologies, Stem Cells, Biomarkers, SUDEP

Susan S. Spencer Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Epilepsy

This $150,000 two-year award provides support to fellows and/or new faculty to pursue a career in patient-oriented research. The award is offered in honor of the late Susan S Spencer, MD, an internationally renowned epileptologist and past president of the American Epilepsy Society. It is jointly supported by the American Epilepsy Society, the Amer...

Applications accepted: 6/17/19 - 10/1/19
Funder: American Epilepsy Society

Clinical Research Training Apprenticeship

The Epilepsy Foundation (EF) seeks to advance the careers of clinical professionals committed to the care of individuals with epilepsy and improving their lives through research. We are therefore funding a 1-year opportunity for trainees to learn about clinical research first-hand, by becoming involved with an ongoing rigorous research endeavor. We...

Applications accepted: 8/13/19 - 10/15/19
Funder: Epilepsy Foundation
Tags: Clinical Epilepsy