Society Funding

The National MS Society has developed a strategic roadmap that strives to be a response to the brutal facts of living with MS and identifies what must be done to achieve a world free of MS.

Multi-year investigations by scientists and clinicians

To attract and train promising young investigators and doctors and help more established investigators learn new techniques, we offer a full spectrum of research and clinical training programs and early career support. We have funded many of the MS researchers and clinicians making breakthroughs today.

One-year grants to test innovative, cutting-edge ideas or untested methods and gather sufficient preliminary data to apply for longer-term funding

As an important part of the Society’s research infrastructure, investments through Fast Forward continue to close the gap between promising discoveries and the commercial development necessary to get new treatments to people with MS.

Five-year awards to foster new research teams Research Centers

Support for research projects in the areas related to clinical care and management of people with MS

Multi-year projects to explore health-related issues related to people with MS

To speed the way to a world free of MS, the National MS Society has established prizes for researchers who are conducting high-impact work.

Grants to foster communication and sharing of data and ideas