Epilepsy Research UK promotes and supports basic and clinical scientific research into the causes, treatment and prevention of epilepsy. We are the only charity in the UK dedicated to funding independent research exclusively into epilepsy.

We support research into all aspects of epilepsy in both adults and children. Our researchers are looking at what causes epilepsy, who gets it, what goes on in the brain during a seizure, and improvements in accuracy of diagnosis, treatments and quality of life of the patient. Since 1991 we have allocated over £2.7 million to projects carried out by research teams throughout the UK.

Great progress has been made in understanding the causes of epilepsy in recent years and even greater advances will be made in the coming years. By running the Edinburgh Marathon or The Big Fun Run for Epilepsy Research UK you can help push forward developments to better understand, control, and perhaps even cure, epilepsy.