The 2013 Grant-in-Aid competition will begin accepting letters of intent on April 15th, 2013 (Deadline May 15th) General:The WFN will award grants for specific educational or applied research projects in neurology and the applied neurosciences as part of it activities as a registered charitable organization and its mission to "foster quality neurology and brain health worldwide" Aim:To provide funding for low cost, high impact educational and outcomes research projects. Please note: Projects to provide healthcare, basic science and ongoing research proposals are not eligible. Eligibility:N...

The ILAE Commission on African Affairs have published the Jan-Mar 2013 issue of Epilepsy News Africa. Comments, News of epilepsy and related topics are welcome. For further information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or the editor at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or their website @ www.Africaepilepsy.org. click here to download the newsletter in PDF

2013 Child Neurology Society Bernard D'Souza International Fellowship AwardTo apply: https://cns.nonprofitcms.org/awards/Solicitations/8/Submissions/CreateThe Child Neurology Society is now accepting applications for the 2013 Bernard D'Souza International Fellowship Award, which will sponsor a child neurologist from a developing country's attendance at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the CNS to be held in Austin, TX (Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2013). This will be preceded or followed by a visit to a selected training program in North America. The purpose of the award is to promote child neurology in developin...

The 13th International Child Neurology Congress will be held in the city of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguazú River Mouth), Brazil, from 4 to 9 May 2014. This is the second time that an ICNC is held in Latin America the first one being in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1992. The congress will be held jointly with the 9th Brazilian Congress of Child Neurology. As in the past congresses, the Scientific Program will be of the highest caliber, emphasizing not only the latest developments and advances in child neurology, but also a review of current standard of care in the practice of child neurology. Accepted ...

This is an invitation to submit an application to this program from the North American Commission of the ILAE. The program seeks to promote and improve the care of persons in Africa living with epilepsy, through education, advocacy and research. It aims specifically to support and expand exchange programs between members of the North American Commission and African chapters of the ILAE, in order to significantly impact epilepsy care in that region. Based on our experience with the Latin American and Caribbean partnerships, the ILAE is confident that NAC members can significantly contribute to ...

Admissions are now open for the MSc Course in Epilepsy at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. This is a multidisciplinary programme covering topics related to all aspects of human epilepsy, from underlying neurobiological mechanisms to clinical aspects and psycho-social consequences. The course includes core modules and a research project in addition to practical clinical experience. This year a textbook is also introduced that follows the course syllabus which will be an invaluable aid to the students, in addition to constituting excellent didactic stand-alone learn...

The Annual Bristol Paediatric Neurology Masterclass will be held on 18 & 19 April 2013 Topics include: Syncope and anoxic seizuresEpilepsy in adolescenceChanellopathiesNeurocutaneous disordersPeripheral neuropathiesTraumatic Brain InjuryCongenital infections of CNSManagement of “difficult” epilepsiesMovement disordersCerebellar disordersNeurogeneticsStrokeAutoimmune disorders of the CNSNeurotransmitter disorders Faculty includes: John Livingston (Leeds)Sameer Zuberi (Glasgow)Andrew Lux (Bristol)Dana Craiu (Bucharest)Rima Nabbout (Paris)Richard Appleton (Liverpool)Sergiusz Józwiak (Wars...

The Myotubular Trust announces A Fifth Call To Grant Application. The trust is looking to fund further projects that will help find a cure and/or a treatment for any of the three types of myotubular myopathy (congenital X-linked recessive; congenital autosomal recessive; autosomal dominant), focusing on research that would not generally be funded by public or industrial funding sources. The call is open to research bodies internationally.

The 18th Mediterranean and Pan Arab Child Neurology Congress In Collaboration with the Egyptian Society of Child Neuropsychiatry (ESCNP) will be held at Hilton Green Plaza Alexandria, Egypt from April 17-18, 2013. The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 15, 2013. Abstracts are to be send as a word document (A4, Arial Size 12) to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

12th conference of the Baltic Child Neurology Association30 May - 1 June, 2013, Kaunas, Lithuania On behalf of the Organizing Committee it is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the 12th Conference of Baltic Child Neurology Association (BCNA) in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 30 May - 1 June, 2013. This major scientific event is being held every two years since 1991 and provides a wonderful opportunity for child neurologists to share their professional experience with colleagues from different countries, also to get new ideas and impulses for scientific research and for the improvement of clini...