DoW Epilepsy Leveraging Research Award
Supports basic, translational, or clinical research that repurposes an existing cohort, resource, tool, or intervention to accelerate understanding of post-traumatic epilepsy and associated comorbidities.
⚑ Applicant may be named as PI on only one FY26 ERP Leveraging Research Award application. · Study must adapt an existing cohort/resource/tool/intervention; PTE cannot have been the prior focus or application.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 70 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds basic research |
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topic: public_health; social/behavioral work is minor; funds basic research; clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
Summary: The intent of the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Epilepsy Research Program (ERP) Leveraging Research Award is to support basic, translational and/or clinical research that repurposes or expands existing research resources to accelerate the understanding of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) and associated comorbidities.
Distinctive Features: The study must adapt an existing cohort, resource, research tool, or intervention for which PTE was not a prior focus or application.
**NEW for FY26** An investigator may be named on only one FY26 ERP Leveraging Research Award application as a Principal Investigator.
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