Today is the day that research proposals for 2010 are due in our office… what an exciting day!

Thanks to all of you, we’ve raised $370,000 online. You are simply phenomenal and it’s so heart-warming to know how many of you are sharing our vision of a world without epilepsy and seizures, and that we are going to be able to fund that much more research in 2010, including our special Friends for a Cure Award!

We’re expecting about 40 grant proposals, and I know among them  there will be some fabulous opportunities to really move this field forward. Each grant proposal will be reviewed by at least three independent peer reviewers before advancing for evaluation and discussion by our Research Review Board and Scientific Advisory Board.  By the time we announce our final grant awards in May, there are probably 80 individuals who will have participated in this process to pick the most promising research to invest in, and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to all them–scientists and lay people alike–who generously volunteer their time and expertise to this cause.

This is why we do what we do; this is why we exist.  We will be able to fund so much more critical research this year because of so many of you. Despite the tough economic times, we have had an amazingly successful year, and will be able to say yes to so many more of our researchers this coming year. Thanks to so many of you out there…you know who you are, and we are so grateful!

Read about the great research we’ve already funded: CURE Grant Recipients