How much funding does Taking Flight Award Grant provide?

Taking Flight Award Grant provides Up to US $125,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Taking Flight Award Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Who has received Taking Flight Award Grant funding?

Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy's IRS filings list 5 awards under this program (2021–2022). Recent recipients include Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), $100,000 in 2022; University of Vermont & State Agriculture (Burlington, VT), $100,000 in 2022; Trustees of University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), $100,000 in 2021.

Taking Flight Award Grant

Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy

Foundation Grants for Science Research

Funding Amount

Up to US $125,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

The Taking Flight Award, offered by Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, aims to support early-career investigators in developing independent research focused on innovative, high-risk projects that can lead to breakthroughs in epilepsy treatment. This grant emphasizes the importance of pursuing transformative ideas that align with the mission to eliminate seizures and any associated side effects, ultimately striving for a cure for epilepsy.

CURE Epilepsy’s investigator-initiated grant programs seek to push the envelope and accelerate promising research leading to disease-modifying breakthroughs for people living with epilepsy. We prioritize highly innovative, risky, paradigm-shifting projects that address our mission to cure epilepsy, affirming our core belief that the only acceptable final goal is “no seizures, no side effects.”
The Taking Flight Award seeks to promote the careers of early-career investigators to allow them to develop an independent research focus.

Past recipients of this program

Recent awards under this program (from Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy's IRS filings)

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · 2022

$100K
University of Vermont & State Agriculture

Burlington, VT · 2022

$100K
Trustees of University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · 2021

$100K
University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT · 2021

$100K
Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA · 2021

$100K

5 grants in Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy's 2021–2022 filings reference “Taking Flight Award Grant” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.

What Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 14
Total given: $1.29M
Median grant: $100K
Range: $6,300–$258K

By dollars: California 39%, New York 19%, Pennsylvania 14%. Top recipient cities: Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Seattle, WA.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
46% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Stanford University · Los Angeles, CA

Research Grant

$258K
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene · Menands, NY

Research Grant

$250K
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA

Research Grant

$125K
University of California Riverside · Riverside, CA

Research Grant

$125K
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA

Research Grant

$125K