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

AES FELLOWS PROGRAM

The American Epilepsy Society is committed to nurturing and supporting fellows in the field of epilepsy. The goal of the AES Fellows Program is to encourage epilepsy fellows in training to attend the AES Annual Meeting where they will be exposed to the latest updates in clinical and basic science research. Up to 95 fellows may be accepted to this p...

Applications accepted: 6/6/19 - 8/1/19
Funder: American Epilepsy Society

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