The National Headache Foundation (NHF) supports research in the field of headache and pain. NHF seeks research protocols that are objectively sound and whose results can, when published in the medical literature, contribute to the better understanding and treatment of headache and pain.

Since our inception in 1970, the National Headache Foundation has provided over $1.7 million to support 207 grants.

The research committe, headed by Vincent Martin, MD, have selected the following research applications for NHF awards:

Researcher Projects 2013-2014
David Borsook, MD, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
In collaboration with Mayo Clinic (Michael Cutrer, MD)
Functional and Morphometric Measures in Chronic Daily Headache – Markers of Disease Reversal
Sita Kedia, MD
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Adolescents with Migraine: What’s Stress Got to Do with it?
This research is also being supported by the Libby Fund