Funder: Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Invited full application) | October 2027 (Letter of Intent)
Funding Amounts: Up to $330,000 over three years ($110,000 annually)
Summary: Supports new multicenter registries and networks or expanded scientific scope of existing infrastructure for pediatric neurology research.
Key Information: New networks must include at least three separate academic institutions/sites actively enrolling participants.
Description
The Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation (PERF) supports multicenter infrastructure that advances clinical and health-services research in pediatric neurology, with a special interest in pediatric epilepsy. Projects may develop new registries or networks, or enhance the scientific scope of an existing multicenter infrastructure program. Simply increasing an existing program’s size or adding sites does not qualify, and new infrastructure proposals must build on preliminary work.
The program aims to improve the lives of children with neurologic disease while preparing investigators to compete for subsequent research funding. Projects offering training or mentorship opportunities for young investigators receive preference. These are infrastructure awards rather than traditional career-development awards, but every full application must include a project-specific mentoring plan appropriate to the PI’s career stage.
