AES Seed Grants
Funding Amount
Up to US $20,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
The American Epilepsy Society offers Seed Grants to support established researchers in exploring innovative research methodologies and collaborations. These grants aim to foster new lines of inquiry in epilepsy research. Notably, proposals that align with specific partner priorities may enjoy waived eligibility criteria, enhancing funding opportunities. This initiative seeks to advance understanding and treatment of epilepsy through novel research avenues.
AES Seed Grants offer funds to help enable established investigators to pursue new and innovative lines of research, collaborations, and/or research methods.
What types of research are competitive?
Specific fields of research are competitive for funding from our partners, some of whom have offered to fund a grant in full. If a proposal aligns with the priorities of a partner who will fund in full, some eligibility requirements may be waived and the proposals will compete for a separate pool of funding.
What American Epilepsy Society actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 30
- Total given
- $1.68M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $11K–$151K
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 15%, California 14%, Texas 13%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; Houston, TX; Boston, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX
Junior investigator award grant
$151K
Massachusetts General Hospital Research · Boston, MA
Postdoctoral, junior investigator award, and workshop grants
$136K
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA
Summer bridge internship, junior investigator award. and esc grants
$108K
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL
Summer bridge internship and seed grants
$92K
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH
Junior investigator award grant
$76K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
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