2012 RESEARCH FUNDING SCHEME

Call for Proposals now CLOSED

Opening Date: December 1st 2011
Closing date: January 27th 2012

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting Irish epilepsy research, Brainwave - The Irish Epilepsy Association invites applications for epilepsy focused research projects of up to a three-year duration to a maximum of €50,000 p.a. commencing in December 2012.

Applications are invited on the following areas for 2012:

• Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy
• Causes or prevention of/ Potential cures for SUDEP
• Epilepsy in the Intellectual Disability population
• Role/ Impact of the Epilepsy Specialist Nurse
• Epilepsy and the older person
• Epilepsy and Men

Download application forms, guidance notes and other documents here

All proposals received by Brainwave will be subjected to a rigorous two-stage peer review process:

• Stage 1: An external peer review by at least three international expert peer reviewers
• Stage 2: Evaluation by Brainwave's Research Peer Review Board

This year's call also sees the introduction of a Right To Reply stage. After the International peer review is completed, applicants will have an opportunity to address any issues or concerns raised the reviewers in their review. Reviewers will be anonymised in feedback presented to applicants.

Following this process, the highest ranking proposals will be submitted for consideration under the Joint Funding Scheme operated by the Medical Research Charities Group & the Health Research Board. Successful applications will be co-funded by Brainwave and the HRB from December 2012.

This is the third round of funding provided under Brainwave's Research Funding Scheme. In 2009, three projects were approved for total funding of over €260,000 over 1-3 years (two co-funded by the HRB). In 2011, one further project C-funded by HRB) was approved with total funding of over €75,000. Further details on these projects are available here.

Further information including application criteria, guidance notes, application forms etc can be downloaded here.

Applications must be submitted on the official application form on or before Friday January 27 2011. For further information, please contact:

Peter Murphy,
pmurphy.brainwave(at)epilepsy.ie or 01 4557500