To celebrate its 16th anniversary, the NEF awarded 4 research grants of up to $20,000 each. All grant applications are reviewed on a competitive basis by the NEF Advisory Board. Proposals are encouraged in all areas related to epilepsy, including, but not limited to, basic mechanisms, clinical considerations, and treatment, epidemiology, and psychosocial aspects. Eligibility The applicant must hold an MD degree or the equivalent, have completed residency training or be in the final year, have no more than three years’ postresidency experience, and be in or accepted to a formal epilepsy fellowship. It is expected that the candidate will have clinical duties in addition to research activities. The applicant must be sponsored by a full-time faculty member of a university medical school or research institution, with the recommendation of the sponsor and the director of the epilepsy fellowship. 2008 NEF Research Grant Recipients Name: Madeline Fields, MD Institution: New York University School of Medicine, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Title: Investigation of AED use for Acute Seizures in Adult Hospitalized Patients     Name: Stephen Fried, MD Institution: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Title: Identification of Language-Related Cortex by Electrocorticography     Name: Christopher B. Ransom, MD, PhD Institution: Yale University School of Medicine Title: Voltage-dependent Properties of Extrasynaptic GABA Receptors in Cultured Rat Hippocampal Neurons     Name: Francis Tirol, MD Institution: University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine Title: Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the Identification of the Extra-Hippocampal Abnormality in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy