Project Grant H98MC26262

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,...

Federal Project 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 completion targeted for April 30, 2031. This award supports the development and feasibility testing of the CARE (Counseling Adolescents About Reproductive Health and Epilepsy) intervention, a...

Federal 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), awarded September 15, 2025, with completion anticipated by June 30, 2027. This planning grant supports development of research infrastructure and community engagement methodologies to address health disparities in...

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...

ARISEN Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $830,887 Cooperative Agreement to Emory University on September 15, 2025, to establish and operate the ARISEN (Autoimmunity, Rasmussen's, Inflammation & Status Epilepticus Research Network) registry and research consortium. This award, issued under CFDA 93.865 (Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research), supports a multi-center clinical research network designed to...

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 Grant Award Summary Children's Research Institute received a $215,730 Project Grant 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, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030. Under the direction of Principal Investigator Nathan T. Cohen, MD, a board-certified pediatric epileptologist, the institute will conduct research to identify functional brain...

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 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center received a Project Grant award of $743,776 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 11, 2025, through August 31, 2033. The award supports research investigating the mechanisms of focal epileptogenesis in mtoropathies—developmental diseases caused by mutations in...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded $220,050 to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853) on August 1, 2025, for a five-year project concluding July 31, 2030. This Project Grant supports research to advance clinical trial readiness for SYNGAP1-related disorder (SYNGAP1-RD), a rare monogenic...