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Available Funding

Several funding options are available through Fast Forward, facilitated by Request For Proposal (RFP) cycles. Specific and rolling RFP's are accepted for review on the following schedule.

 

General Fund


Click here to read program details from former year
 

Funding available for therapeutic development programs treating symptoms of multiple sclerosis.  
Support is available for early stage companies working on therapeutic strategies to ameliorate the symptoms of MS. Examples of projects can include, but are not limited to the following areas:

  • Fatigue

  • Pain

  • Cognitive Impairment


Note: We will be announcing program priorities, Requests for Applications and other funding mechanisms in 2012.


Collaborative Fund   

 
RFP's will be accepted until May 1, 2012 through the Fast Forward and EMD Serono Collaborative Fund.   Click here for RFP details.

This RFP is focused on the following project areas:

  • Development of therapeutics that target specific B cell lineages involved in MS pathology
  • Identification of surrogate or endogenous ligands for Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) expressed exclusively or primarily in the central nervous system (CNS) that relate to the pathology of MS

Applicants with related programs in other disease areas (e.g. GPCRs associated with other neurodegenerative diseases, neuronal repair, or oligodendrocyte differentiation) that meet the RFP scope and the other program requirements (translational stage, issued patents or path to patentability) are encouraged to apply.

For more information, please attend our RFP informational call on March 26, 2012. Details will be posted soon.

Funding to Date

Several projects were just selected for funding. Review the summary to see the funding progress to date. Progress Summary

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Funding Impact

View this brief video about the impact Fast Forward is having on MS research.