The National MS Society now offers a funding program for rehabilitation professionals — a Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Research. Click here for full details on how to apply for this innovative program.

The National MS Society has released a special Request for Applications on Rehabilitation and Nervous System Repair in multiple sclerosis for researchers based in Illinois. Read more about this opportunity. Deadline is May 21, 2012.

The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) has announced the availability of funding for pilot research projects to CMSC members in the areas of epidemiology, psychosocial studies, rehabilitation, symptom management, and therapeutics. Applications for individual projects with budgets totaling up to $40,000 will be accepted by the CMSC Research Committee. Read more about these grants.

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
• American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
• American Occupational Therapy Foundation
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
• Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Christopher Reeve Foundation
• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
• Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
• National Academy of Neuropsychology
• National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Veterans Health Administration