Our Current Grants

I. Infrastructure/Registry Research Grant in Any Area of Pediatric Neurology

This competitive grant is directed at developing a new multicenter infrastructure, (registries and networks), or enhancing the scientific scope of an existing multicenter infrastructure program to enable advancement of clinical and health-services research.

We are interested in all areas of pediatric neurology, although we have a special interest in pediatric epilepsy. We prefer research projects that provide opportunities for training and/or mentorship of young investigators.

Applicants who are senior investigators should show mentorship of junior faculty or trainees as part of the proposal.  Applicants who are early-stage investigators (ESI) should demonstrate that they are receiving appropriate mentorship from senior faculty. An ESI[1] is an individual who is within 10 years of completing their terminal degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, whichever date is later, and as a Principal Investigator has not received an independent grant (e.g. R01) from NIH or equivalent major funding from another funding organization.

We look forward to evaluating your exciting and innovative projects.

Policies

• Funding Amount and Duration
  The PERF™ Grant for Infrastructure/Registry Research is up to 3 years of support for up to $300,000.00 (in general, grants are for $100,000 per year for each of three years; in special circumstances, which must be clarified in the budget justification, payments can be adjusted to be higher in one year than the others although the overall total will not exceed $300,000.00).
• PERF™ does not pay indirect costs on its research grants.
• A yearly interim scientific and financial reports are required. Forms are provided by PERF™.
• 10% of each payment is held back and paid upon an on-time receipt of annual scientific and financial report that is acceptable to the PERF™ Board.
• A no cost extension request can be arranged, but in general should be avoided and may result in forfeiture of the final 10% payment.

Eligibility

• The applicant should be a pediatric neurologist (MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) at any stage in his or her career or a PhD working in an area relevant to pediatric neurology.
• The applicant must be a legal resident of the United States or Canada and may only submit one letter of intent (LOI) per grant cycle.

II. Career Development Grant

PERF™ supports two opportunities for early-stage investigators (ESI), which are administered through the Child Neurology Foundation. These are the PERF™ Elterman Research Grant and PERF™ Shields Research Grant. Please visit these links for eligibility and application instructions and deadlines, and view past awardees. An ESI is an individual who is within 10 years of completing their terminal degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, whichever date is later, and as a Principal Investigator has not received an independent grant (e.g. R01) from NIH or equivalent major funding from another funding organization.

• PERF™ Elterman Research Grant
  This is a $150,000 grant funded over two years to support clinical or basic science research by a child neurologist or post-doctoral researcher.
• PERF™ Shields Research Grant
  This is a $150,000 grant funded over two years to support translational or clinical research by a child neurologist or post-doctoral researcher.

Special Co-Funding Projects

• American Epilepsy Society/PERF™ – Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians – $50,000 for one-year, annual review cycle, for mentored research by Fellows and/or junior clinical faculty
• Child Neurology Society – John M. “Jack” Pellock Resident Seminar on Epilepsy – this is an annual seminar held in conjunction with the CNS Meeting for PGY-5 and PGY-6 child neurology and neurodevelopmental disabilities residents. We also supported an endowment that funds the Phillip R. Dodge Young Investigator Award.
• Epilepsy Foundation of America – $1500 travel scholarship for pediatric epilepsy fellows to attend the EF Pipeline Conference