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At a time when instability across the federal research landscape is putting scientific progress at risk, CURE Epilepsy is stepping forward with a new initiative: Meet the Moment. ([link removed])

Made possible through the generosity of our Board of Directors, major donors, and industry partners, Meet the Moment is a rapid-response funding effort designed to help researchers navigate growing challenges, including funding delays, policy changes, operational barriers, and disruptions to training and collaboration.

Launching alongside our existing grant programs, Meet the Moment will provide immediate support through two new funding mechanisms:

Bridge to Breakthrough Grants

Initial funding of $400,000 will help early-career investigators with highly scored but unfunded NIH applications continue building momentum, strengthen proposals, and remain competitive for future federal funding opportunities.

The first awards will support former CURE Epilepsy grantees, including some of the field's most promising scientists pursuing innovative approaches to seizure networks, neuromodulation therapies, treatment-resistant epilepsy, and computational neuroscience.

Initial Awardees (Pending Contracting)

Dr. Ankit Khambhati, UCSF

Structural Foundations of Human Neurostimulation for Epilepsy: Integrating High-Field MRI with Direct Brain Recordings ([link removed])

Dr. Ranmal Samarasinghe, UCLA

Human Brain Assembloids as a Platform to Model Region-Specific Pathology in SCN8A-Related Epileptic Encephalopathy ([link removed])

Dr. Lauren Lau, Massachusetts General Hospital

Multi-Scale Study of In Vivo Seizure Dynamics ([link removed])

Dr. James Niemeyer, Cornell University

The Control of Generalized Seizures by Hyperexcitatory Midbrain and Thalamic Circuits ([link removed])

Protecting Our Progress Grants

Initial funding of $200,000 will provide emergency support to researchers facing immediate threats to their work due to federal funding uncertainty and policy-related constraints, helping ensure critical epilepsy research continues uninterrupted.

Donors Empower Us To Meet the Moment

Thanks to our supporters like you, CURE Epilepsy can respond when promising research faces unexpected challenges. At a time when research uncertainty threatens to slow discovery, donor support is helping protect the momentum we've worked so hard to build together. Through Meet the Moment, we're ensuring that promising epilepsy research can continue advancing toward the breakthroughs families are counting on.
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** Thank you for sustaining scientific progress
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These awards are made possible because of the generosity of our supporters. You can sustain scientific progress with a gift today.
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Our mission is to fund breakthrough research that will transform the lives of people with epilepsy as we lead the search for a cure. CURE Epilepsy is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Our tax identification number is 36-4253176.
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