Funder: American Epilepsy Society
Due Dates: January 20, 2027, at 5:00 PM EST (Application deadline) | By May 31, 2027 (Award notification) | July 1, 2027 (Earliest award start)
Funding Amounts: Up to $75,000 for one year in direct research costs, plus complimentary AES membership and Annual Meeting registration
Summary: Supports recently independent epilepsy investigators in developing research that positions them for longer-term NIH or other funding.
Key Information: Only one application per laboratory across AES early-career programs; applicants cannot also serve as primary mentors on mentored-award proposals.
Description
The American Epilepsy Society (AES) Junior Investigator Research Awards support recently independent investigators pursuing epilepsy research. The program aims to facilitate successful competition for subsequent, longer-term support from the NIH or other sources. It forms part of AES’s early-career funding portfolio, which helps emerging investigators establish independent research programs and develop the preliminary data, publications, and momentum needed for larger funding opportunities.
Proposals are welcome across basic, translational, and clinical epilepsy research. Supported work may include studies of disease mechanisms or treatments, epidemiologic or behavioral studies, development of new technologies, and health services and outcomes research. AES and contributing funding partners support this broader effort to advance epilepsy science and develop the next generation of investigators.
