Child Neurology Education and Research Foundation

About Child Neurology Education and Research Foundation

Child Neurology Education and Research Foundation centers its giving on pediatric neurology clinical care improvement, education, and research, with a strong emphasis on quality improvement work in transition of care and care coordination. Its recent awards also show steady support for clinician training, scholarships, and disease-specific patient organizations tied to epilepsy and rare neurodevelopmental disorders. The largest recent grants in the record went to Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago for a PERF grant and a transition-of-care quality improvement project, and to the University of Rochester, the University of Utah, and the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia for PERF grants. Those awards point to a pattern of project-specific funding for academic medical centers and children's hospitals. The foundation also backed the National Tuberous Sclerosis Association DBA TSC Alliance for infantile spasms awareness work and governance support, showing that it funds both direct clinical improvement and condition-specific advocacy. Its grantees include universities, hospitals, and professional groups rather than individual recipients.

What Child Neurology Education and Research Foundation Funds

A major theme is transition-of-care work in pediatric neurology. The foundation gave $175,000 to Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago for a transition-of-care quality improvement project, and it supported related work at Boston Children's Hospital, St Marys Hospital for Children, Washington University, and other medical centers. Care coordination is another recurring area: grants went to The Trustees of Columbia University, The General Hospital Corporation dba Massachusetts General Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, and ChildServe Foundation Inc for quality improvement efforts in that lane. The foundation also invests in clinical education and convening, including $31,000 to Child Neurology Society for an unrestricted symposium grant and a Dodge Research Grant contribution. For rare neurodevelopmental disorders, it supported the National Tuberous Sclerosis Association DBA TSC Alliance and Dup15q Alliance Inc through infantile spasms awareness network and awareness week grants.

How Child Neurology Education and Research Foundation Gives