Deadline: September 1, 2007
The American Epilepsy Society is proud to announce it’s partnership with The Grass Foundation to offer the Robert S. Morison Fellowship for the training of academic clinician scientists in epilepsy. This two year post-doctoral fellowship will be awarded to a promising young investigator possessing an MD degree who intends to continue training in basic science in an epilepsy research laboratory. The fellowship was created in honor of the contributions of Dr. Morison, one of the founding Trustees of The Grass Foundation. Albert and Ellen Grass started The Grass Foundation in the 1950’s and have made many contributions to the scientific and social aspects of epilepsy.
The Fellowship will be $40,000 per year for two years for salary with an additional $10,000 (maximum) per year to be used for institutional fringe benefits plus $1,000 for the fellow to travel to the AES Annual Meeting to present his/her results. The award will be announced and presented during the AES Annual Meeting.
The next available fellowship will be funded July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010. The application deadline will be September 1, 2007 and notification will be made by January 2008.
Physicians interested in being considered for a Robert S. Morrison Fellowship should apply for either a Postdoctoral Fellowship or a Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians administered by the Epilepsy Foundation.
Please note in the application the desire to be considered for a Morison Fellowship. The Morison Fellowship will be selected by the AES/EF Clinical Grant Selection Committee from among qualified applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellowships and Research and Training Fellowships. Applicants for this fellowship can at the same time be considered for a fellowship in the category under which he/she applied.
For application information go to: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/research/grants.cfm.