Funding amount: $150,000

Award Duration: 2 years

Eligibility Criteria | Degree: MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, Doctor of Nursing, or, other professional degree within the appropriate track.

Eligibility Criteria | Mentor: Qualified mentor or mentoring team with expertise relevant to the scientific goals of the application and who has a focus on career development.

Eligibility Criteria | Awards: Have not previously received the Susan Spencer Fellowship or an AES Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians.

Eligibility Criteria | Appointments: Job title of clinical fellow, research fellow, clinical instructor, or clinician investigator or assistant professor for clinicians, or equivalent levels of career for nonphysicians in neuropsychology, psychology, pharmacology, nursing, or research.

Abbreviated Eligibility Criteria | Other Support: To qualify as an early career grant applicant, you must meet all of the other eligibility requirements AND be either a new investigator or an at-risk investigator (or both).

Abbreviated Eligibility Criteria | Additional Requirements: Self-identify as an individual from groups that are underrepresented in medicine (URM). Have a defined research plan and access to institutional resources to conduct the proposed project. Preference will be given to clinical research that addresses issues affecting medically underserved people with epilepsy or seizures or related aspects of health equity. Be able to devote at least 50% of their professional effort to research.

US Citizenship: Not required

_{* Primary academic employment of the applicant must be within U.S.}

2023 Applications

Number of Applications: 3

Number of Applications Awarded: 1

Success Rate: 33%