To celebrate its 17th anniversary, the NEF awarded 5 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 3 years of 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 of research institution, with the recommendation of the sponsor and the director of the epilepsy fellowship. 2009 NEF Research Grant Recipients Name: Daniel H. Arndt, MD, MA Institution: The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Title: Continuous EEG Monitoring for Pediatric Moderate to Severe TBI     Name: Kendra W. Drake, MD Institution: University of Arizona Title: Feasibility of Providing Tele-Epilepsy Services on the Indian Reservation     Name: Patricia C. Dugan, MD Institution: New York University Langone Medical Center Title: Surgical Grading Scale in the Evaluation of Patients with Treatment Resistant Epilepsy     Name: Hamada Hamid, MD Institution: Yale University School of Medicine Title: White Matter Changes in Epilepsy and Depression     Name: Jeffrey Tsai, MD, PhD Institution: The University of California, San Francisco Title: fMRI Study of Hyperexcitability in the Visual Thalamus of Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Patients