The American Epilepsy Society, through the Research and Training Committee, provides funding for targeted workshops intended for clinical or scientific audiences and on specific collaborative topics in neuroscience. New deadline March 1, 2001. Sources of Funding and Support for Epilepsy Research Listing of funding sources for epilepsy research sorted by organization name.
Some organizations offer more than one type of funding.
I Know a Family is available to all viewers. If you are actively involved in patient care for epilepsy, you can play an important role in genetic research. AES Collaborative Research Section is a members only interactive forum for communication and exchange of research ideas with a current focus on epilepsy surgery and genetics . The Epilepsy Foundation's Gene Discovery Project is preparing to begin it's pilot phase and is accepting applications from researchers who would like to participate. The purpose of the Gene Discovery Project is to collect and store data on a voluntary and confidential basis from families around the world and connect them with genetic scientists at qualified research centers who are interested in studying their family trees.