CURE Taking Flight Award

Funding Agency:
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE)

The Taking Flight Award (1.5 years / $125,000) seeks to promote the careers of early-career investigators to allow them to develop an independent research focus.

Deadlines for Letter of Intent: Jan. 9, 2024

Agency Website

https://www.cureepilepsy.org/grants-program/

Eligibility Requirements

You must fall into one of the following categories to be eligible for the Taking Flight Award:

  • A postdoctoral fellow with a PhD, PsyD, PharmD, or equivalent and a minimum of two years postdoctoral experience at the time of submission
  • A clinical fellow who is a Neurology Resident in his/her Neurology training and considering Epilepsy Fellowships
  • Newly appointed faculty within one year of having completed postdoctoral training
  • Clinician-researchers who are within two years of their faculty appointment

International applicants are welcome; you do not have to be a US citizen or working in the US to apply for this award. All materials must be submitted in English.

Amount

$125,000

Amount Description

Requests may be made for up to $100,000 for one year.  Funding requests may include salary support for the PI, technical staff and/or collaborators; supplies, animal costs, publication fees etc.; and travel to an epilepsy-related conference if the PI is presenting his/her CURE Epilepsy-funded research.  Funds are not to be used to purchase equipment.  Indirect costs are not supported.

Funding Type

Award
Grant

Eligibility

Junior Faculty
Medical Fellow/Resident
Post Doctoral Fellows

Category

Interdisciplinary
Medical
Medical - Basic Science
Medical - Clinical Science

External Deadline

January 9, 2024