2010 “Prevention of Epilepsy After Traumatic Brain Injury” Award
For Invited Investigators Only

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

CURE seeks novel research projects of relevance to the prevention and treatment of post-traumatic epilepsy including the cellular, molecular, and systems-level understanding of the underlying pathogenic mechanisms; specific approaches to interdict the development of post-traumatic epilepsy; animal models of post-traumatic epilepsy; and investigations of the impact, natural history, and epidemiology of post-traumatic epilepsy. For the purposes of this program, “post-traumatic epilepsy” is defined as epilepsy related to traumatic brain injury. This area of research is particularly relevant to military personnel today, given the high incidence of traumatic brain injury in our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Eligibility: This award will be presented to an established investigator*. International applicants are welcome. 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.

Amount: Requests may be made for up to $250,000 for two or three years.

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 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.