2010 CURE Christopher Donalty and Kyle Coggins Memorial Award for SUDEP Research
For Invited Investigators Only

CURE is not currently accepting applications. Please check back in early summer for 2011 grant cycle deadlines.

Every year, approximately 50,000 deaths occur in the United States from seizure-related causes including Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). However, there remains a huge lack of public awareness of SUDEP, and an urgent need for more research to determine underlying mechanisms and identify the causes of SUDEP. Recognizing these inadequacies and the devastating impact SUDEP has on families who have lost a loved one, CURE has established a targeted research program to advance the study of SUDEP.

CURE seeks novel research projects that will address the goal of the prevention of SUDEP. This program awards seed grants to researchers submitting innovative proposals that will provide new directions for SUDEP research. We specifically encourage studies that may not be currently fundable by other agencies, such as the NIH, because of their preliminary or unconventional nature. CURE encourages collaborative projects; however, non-collaborative projects will be given equal consideration. Invited applicants who propose a collaborative project should describe how each investigator will contribute to the proposed work through details of research design and methods, including where and how the specific project will be accomplished. Labor and budget do not have to be equally distributed between investigators who choose to work collaboratively.

Eligibility: This award is available to both established and early career investigators*. International applicants are welcome. Researchers who serve on CURE’s Scientific Advisory Board are ineligible to apply for or sponsor a grant for the duration of their term. All materials must be submitted in English.

* Generally, early career investigators are university faculty at the assistant professor level (or hold an equivalent position in a non-university research organization). Established investigators are university faculty at the associate professor level or above. In exceptional cases, scientists at the postdoctoral level may be eligible for this award.

Amount: Requests may be made up to $100,000 for one year.

2010 FUNDING CYCLE
Deadline for Receipt of LOI: September 15, 2009
Notification of Invitation to Apply: mid-November 2009
Deadline for Receipt of Full Application: January 12, 2010
Award Announcement: May 2010
Earliest Project Start Date: July 1, 2010

Letter of Intent: All applicants must submit a Letter of Intent. All LOIs are reviewed by CURE’s Scientific Advisory Board and Research Review Board, with the final decisions as to who will be invited to submit formal proposals made by the CURE Board of Directors.

For questions, please contact Danielle Davis at the CURE office, 312.255-1801, or email danielle.davis@CUREepilepsy.org.