A Special Role . . .

Many of today’s educators, senior investigators, and thought leaders in epilepsy were encouraged in their early careers with financial assistance from the Epilepsy Foundation. Training and assistance grants and fellowships for young investigators remain the core of the Foundation’s research support. But the program focus has expanded and now serves the following objectives:

• Arousing the interest of medical students in neuroscience and epilepsy research.
• Training young investigators in the conduct of advanced epilepsy research.
• Seeding new concepts and ideas, thus allowing for their development to attract grant support from government and other sources.
• Promoting a global research agenda through support of international research training.
• Stimulating scientific interest in vital target areas in which there is little current research.
• Speeding work on promising new discoveries that have high potential for breakthrough results in the treatment, prevention and management of epilepsy.

From Our Professional Advisory Board Chair

In support of the Epilepsy Foundation's goals within the strategic plan to increase the number of qualified scientists conducting epilepsy research; invest in targeted research areas, as well as research that will improve diagnosis and clinical care for people with epilepsy, the Research Committee and Professional Advisory Board (PAB) have identified priority areas of research for the future. (Read More...)