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CANADIAN LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY AWARDS |
2025 AWARDS |
NEW! CLAE - JAZZ RESEARCH AWARD COMPETITION |
The Canadian League Against Epilepsy (CLAE-LCCE) and Jazz Pharmaceuticals are thrilled to announce the inaugural CLAE-Jazz Epilepsy Research Awards! This exciting new program will provide funding for promising clinical research projects focused on Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEEs). |
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Bursary Amount: 1st Place $25,000, 2nd Place $15,000, 3rd Place $10,000 and Fan Favourite $5,000. Submission Deadline: Friday, June 13, 2025 |
CAMFIELD BURSARY |
The Camfield bursary was developed in honour of Peter and Carol Camfield to encourage Canadian medical and graduate students to develop an interest and skills in epilepsy research.
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| Eligible Candidates Medical students or graduate students in any discipline who have 10 or more consecutive weeks to dedicate to epilepsy research. The research may be clinical or basic science. Bursary Amount: $5,500 Submission Deadline: March 30, 2025 |
PUBLICATION AWARDS |
The purpose of these awards is to recognize excellence in epilepsy research accomplishments by residents, fellows, post-docs, medical students, graduate students, and allied health professionals. The Publication Awards will be open for submissions in late April / early May 2025. Four prizes of $500 will be awarded (one from each of the following categories): |
| Resident Award A resident in Neurology (adult or pediatric) or Neurosurgery conducting epilepsy related research. This prize is specifically named the Mary Anne Lee Award. Congratulations to the 2024 Winner: Emile Lemoine Previous Winners |
| Fellow or Post-Doc Award A Fellow or Post-doc in adult/pediatric Neurology, Neurosurgery or in Neuroscience conducting epilepsy-related research. Cogratulations to the 2024 Winner: Juan Enrique Toro Perez |
| Graduate Student or Medical Student Award A graduate student (Masters or PhD) or a medical student conducting basic science epilepsy related research. Congratulations to the 2024 Winner: Siyan Wang |
| Allied Health Student Award An allied health student (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, psychology students, neuropsychology residents and nursing students) conducting epilepsy related research. |
NON-TRAINEE AWARDS
| Wilder Penfield Award This award has been a tradition since 1982. It honours a CLAE Member for outstanding lifetime clinical and/or research contributions in epilepsy. The Wilder Penfield Award is awarded every other year and will open for submissions in late April / early May 2025. |
| Excellence in Research Award To recognize research excellence by Canadian researchers in the field of epilepsy. The Excellence in Research Awards is awarded every other year and will open for submissions in late April / early May 2025. |
| Clinical Practice / Advocacy Award Honours a CLAE Member in recognition for his/her excellency in clinical practice and/or engagement in representing and supporting patients with epilepsy. The Clinical Practice / Advocacy Award is awarded every other year and will open for submissions in late April / early May 2025. Previous Winners Submission Guidelines |
| Junior Investigator Award Honours a CLAE member within five years of their first academic appointment for outstanding research contributions in epilepsy. The Junior Investigator Award will open for nominations in late April / early May 2025. Congratulations to the 2024 winner: Dr. Robyn Whitney |
CONFERENCE AWARDS |
| Basic Science Award and Clinical Research Award This exciting opportunity invites all individuals who submitted an abstract to the 2024 CLAE Scientific Meeting in the Basic Science or Clinical Research category a chance to win a $500 travel bursary to the conference, as well as FREE conference registration. The Basic Science and Clinical Research Award will open for submissions in April 2025. Congratulations to the 2024 Winners: Basic Science Award: Anamika Choudhary Clinical Research Award: Chifaou Abdallah |
