CURE: Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy

CURE is the leading nongovernmental agency fully committed to funding research in the epilepsies.

CURE has been at the forefront of epilepsy research, raising more than $70 million to fund innovative research and other initiatives that will lead the way to a cure for epilepsy. CURE funds grants for young and established investigators and has awarded more than 230 cutting-edge projects around the world to date.

CURE was one of the key sponsors involved in shaping the direction and outcome of the commissioned Institute of Medicine report released in March 2012, The Public Health Dimensions of the Epilepsies. The organization was instrumental in the creation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Epilepsy Research Benchmarks which were created to help guide the research community toward a cure.