Training Grants and Fellowships

The National MS Society seeks to attract and train promising young investigators and doctors into the field of MS by supporting the training of postdoctoral fellows in studies related to MS. The Society supports fundamental as well as applied studies, non-clinical or clinical in nature, including projects in patient management, care and rehabilitation.

The Society offers postdoctoral fellowship grants to unusually promising recipients of M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degrees when it appears that the program of training to be supported by the grant will enhance the likelihood that the trainee will perform meaningful and independent research relevant to MS in the future, and obtain a suitable position which will enable them to do so.

In order to submit a proposal for research support, investigators must first register with our apply online site (www.mssocietyapplyonline.org) and complete a pre-application. Staff of the Research Programs Department will review the pre-application to determine whether the research plan is appropriate and relevant to our goals.

The Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program is supported in part through educational grants provided by Acorda Therapeutics and Teva Neuroscience.

Deadline: Mid-August

• Download complete information on applying for postdoctoral fellowships (.pdf)

For more information, please contact:

Jennifer Stark, PhD
Director of Research Training Programs
(212) 476-0462
jennifer.stark@nmss.org