EPISTOP is a research project funded by the European Commission through its 7th Framework Programme. The aim of EPISTOP is to better understand the pathophysiology of epilepsy and its consequences. The project, which began on the 1^st of November 2013 involves scientists from 16 hospitals and laboratories from 10 countries worldwide. It is being coordinated by Professor Sergiusz Jóźwiak from the Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland, and will run until October 31^st 2018. For more details about the research we are undertaking, please visit our‘About the Project’page.