Epilepsy Foundation of America Targeted Research Initiative for Morbidity and Mortality
•Application Deadline: March 22, 2013 •Award Amount: up to $50,000 maximum for one year •Apply via Proposal Central website The Targeted Research Initiative for Morbidity and Mortality supports research that generates initial data leading to more extensive projects that will generate knowledge that will ultimately improve the lives of persons with epilepsy. This initiative recognizes the need for research and new insights into these scientific areas. The broad focus of the morbidity portion of this program includes: identification of somatic comorbidities in epilepsy that occur more than...
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Targeted Research Initiative for Severe Symptomatic Epilepsies
•Application Deadline: March 22, 2013 •Award Amount: up to $50,000 maximum for one year •Apply via Proposal Central website The Epilepsy Foundation is pleased to announce its first annual Targeted Research Initiative for Severe Symptomatic Epilepsies grant program. This program seeks to better understand, diagnose, identify co morbidities, and treat these rare but devastating epilepsy syndromes. The catastrophic epilepsies of childhood commonly include Othara's syndrome, severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (Dravet), infantile spasm, progressive myoclonic epilepsies, Lennox-Gastaut syndr...
Source: ScanGrants feed - January 2, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Epilepsy Foundation of America Source Type: funding

Epilepsy Foundation of America Targeted Research Initiative for Youth
•Application Deadline: March 22, 2013 •Award Amount: up to $50,000 maximum for one year •Apply via Proposal Central website The Targeted Research Initiative for Youth grant program recognizes the increasing need for epilepsy and seizure research in populations from birth through the teen years involving pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, behavioral manifestations, medication therapy, and quality-of-life issues. The Foundation invites research grant applications from investigators interested in psychosocial problems and comorbidities of infants, children and adolescents with epilepsy i...
Source: ScanGrants feed - January 2, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Epilepsy Foundation of America Source Type: funding

Targeted Research Initiative for Cognitive and Psychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy
•Application Deadline: March 22, 2013 •Award Amount: up to $50,000 maximum for one year •Apply via Proposal Central website The Targeted Research Initiative for Cognitive and Psychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy supports research leading to new insights into the diagnosis etiology, complications and treatment of persons with epilepsy and mood disorders including comorbid cognitive disorders; depression, anxiety, suicidality, other psychiatric symptoms; and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. (Source: ScanGrants feed)
Source: ScanGrants feed - January 2, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Epilepsy Foundation of America Source Type: funding