Project Grant H9826262

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University a Project Grant of $207,002 effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2030, under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853). This K23 career development award supports Dr. Anny Reyes in developing the Healthy Aging in People with Epilepsy Program (HAP-E), a community-informed,...

Grant Award Summary The Epilepsy Foundation of America received a $248,832 Project Grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853), effective September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2027. This planning grant supports the development of research infrastructure and community partnerships to address health disparities in epilepsy care and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut's Innovations Institute, in partnership with the Family-Run Executive Leadership Association (FREDLA) and a network of subject matter experts, was awarded $20.3 million by the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances program (CFDA 93.104) to operate the National Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Children's Research Institute a Project Grant of $215,730 on August 1, 2025, under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853). This five-year research initiative, directed by Principal Investigator Dr. Nathan T. Cohen, focuses on identifying network signatures of pharmacoresistance in focal cortical dysplasia (FCD)-related epilepsy,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Pittsburgh received a $225,314 Project Grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853), awarded May 15, 2026, with a completion date of April 30, 2031. This grant funds the CARE (Counseling Adolescents About Reproductive Health and Epilepsy) initiative, a multi-level intervention designed to optimize and test the...

Summary: Neurophysiological Correlates of Cognition Over Multi-Day Timescales in Epilepsy The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Massachusetts General Hospital $234,630 on August 1, 2025, under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853) to conduct a five-year prospective research study examining the neurophysiological basis of cognitive impairment in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The research...

This Project Grant award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (CFDA 93.350) provides $159,103 to investigate the experiences of parents seeking emergency care for their injured children with special healthcare needs. The study will engage at least 35 family caregivers to gather qualitative data on factors contributing to poor care quality and hospital complications for this population. The project aims to elucidate the mechanisms behind adverse outcomes in injured...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center received a $743,776 Project Grant award on September 11, 2025, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program. The award supports research examining mechanisms of focal epileptogenesis in mtoropathies—a class of developmental diseases caused by mutations in the mechanistic target of...

The Children's Hospital Corporation, doing business as Boston Children's Hospital, received a $2,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's John E. Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) to study ATP1A3-related disorders in Brazil. The key goals of this 2-year project are to: Establish a large patient cohort in Brazil to study the genotype-phenotype correlation and natural history of ATP1A3-related disorders, which...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $219,658 under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program to develop and validate wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology for presurgical brain mapping in pediatric epilepsy patients. The project, initiated May 19, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2028, addresses critical...