| Funding amount | $30,000 | $50,000 | $75,000 | $75,000 | $22,000 | $150,000 | $70,000 |
| Award Duration | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 6 months – 1 year | 2 years | 1 year |
Eligibility Criteria:
Degree | Matriculating in a full-time doctoral (PhD) program in a field relevant to epilepsy research. | MD, DO, PhD, ScD, PharmD, RN, or equivalent degree. | MD, DO, PhD, ScD, PharmD, RN, or equivalent degree. | MD, DO, PhD, ScD, DO, PharmD, or equivalent degree in a relevant clinical discipline. | MD, DO, PhD, ScD, PharmD, RN, or equivalent degree. | MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, Doctor of Nursing, or other professional degree within the appropriate track. | MD, DO, PhD, ScD, PharmD, or equivalent degree |
Eligibility Criteria:
Mentor | Qualified mentor(s) with expertise to supervise and provide guidance on the proposed research. | Qualified mentor(s) with expertise to supervise and provide guidance on the proposed research. | No mentor required. Cannot be listed as the primary mentor on a proposal for a mentored research award by AES. | Qualified mentor with expertise to supervise and provide guidance on the proposed research with a clearly defined career and training plan. | Qualified mentor(s) with expertise to supervise and provide guidance on the proposed research. | Qualified mentor or mentoring team with expertise relevant to the scientific goals of the application and a focus on career development. | No mentor required but strongly encouraged. |
Eligibility Criteria:
Prior Awards | Have not previously been awarded an AES Predoctoral Fellowship. | Have not previously been awarded an AES Postdoctoral Fellowship. | Have not previously been awarded an American Epilepsy Society Junior Investigator Award or Research Grant. | Have not previously been awarded a Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians. | Have not previously been awarded an AES Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians award. | Have not previously received the Susan Spencer Fellowship or an AES Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians. | No restriction |
Eligibility Criteria:
Appointments | None required. | Be a postdoctoral fellow before the award start date. | Academic appointment at the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent at a university, medical school, research institution, or medical center. | Clinical fellow, postdoctoral fellow, or newly appointed clinical faculty member within five years of first full-time appointment before the award start date. | Accepted into an epilepsy fellowship program or enrolled in the first year of a 2-year fellowship program at an appropriate institution before the start date. | Job title of clinical fellow, research fellow, clinical instructor, or clinician investigator or assistant professor for clinicians, or equivalent levels for nonphysicians in neuropsychology, psychology, pharmacology, nursing, or research. | Clinical or research fellow, postdoctoral fellow, Assistant Professor or equivalent, or newly appointed clinical faculty member within five years of first full-time appointment before the award start date. |
Abbreviated Eligibility Criteria:
Other Support | N/A | N/A | To qualify as an early career grant applicant, you must meet all other eligibility requirements AND be either a new investigator or an at-risk investigator (or both). | Meet all other eligibility requirements AND be either a new investigator or an at-risk investigator (or both). | N/A | To qualify as an early career grant applicant, you must meet all other eligibility requirements AND be either a new investigator or an at-risk investigator (or both). | N/A |
Abbreviated Eligibility Criteria:
Additional Requirements | Have a defined research plan and access to institutional resources to conduct the proposed project. | Have a defined research plan and access to institutional resources to conduct the proposed project. | | Be able to devote at least 50% of their time to the Research and Training Fellowship. | Have a defined research plan that is relevant to antiepileptic drug therapy, with access to institutional resources. | Have a defined research plan and access to institutional resources to conduct the proposed project. Research should focus on 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 professional effort to research. | Be able to devote at least 25% of their time to the Research and Training Fellowship. |
| US Citizenship | Not required
*All research must be executed in the US | Not required
*All research must be executed in the US | Not required
*All research must be executed in the US | Not required
*All research must be executed in the US | Not required | Not required
* Primary academic employment of the applicant must be within U.S. | Not required
* Preference will be given to applications for research conducted at U.S. institutions. |
| 2024 – Number of Applications | 36 | 43 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 5 | New Award |
| Number of Applications Awarded | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | New Award |
| Success Rate | 11% | 23% | 19% | 33% | 33% | 20% | New Award |
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