The National MS Society is committed to raising awareness of careers in MS care. See below for information about MS clinical mentorship for medical students and psychology graduate students.
2023 Medical Student Mentorship Program
The National MS Society offers a four week MS clinical mentorship program to students who have completed at least one year of medical school by the start of the program. The experience will expose students to the diagnosis and comprehensive management of MS under the tutelage of MS experts. Our goals:
- to raise awareness of the challenges experienced by people with MS
- to generate interest in a career in MS care
The student will work with neurologists and other clinicians specializing in MS (e.g., urologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, physiatrists, nurses, radiologists, rehab therapists, etc.) and observe most aspects of MS specialty care.
Over the course of the 4 weeks the student will spend time at one or more Centers for Comprehensive MS Care and may spend time at community practice locations and other settings (e.g. rehabilitation, long term care, clinical trials research). Students are placed at prestigious MS clinics spanning across the country from Boston to Seattle to Denver to Chicago to New York and more. Applicants will have the opportunity to indicate site preferences in the application.
The mentorship is full-time and takes place Monday-Friday running June 5 -June 30, 2023 during regular business hours, with possible evening hours (no more than three or four nights over the course of the program). The MS Society provides an award of $3,000 to the student awardee.
2023 Host Sites
Application submissions
To submit an application for the 2023 Medical Student Mentorship Program, applicants must first register in our grant management system, MSGrants, found here https://nmss.fluxx.io.
Deadline 2023:
Full application deadline extended to: January 25, 2023, 5 p.m. ET
Program Guidelines
Applicants must complete the online application. Only complete applications with all the required information will be considered. The student must make their own living arrangements. They must also have their own daily transportation and the ability to travel to the assigned mentorship sites. The mentorship is open to all graduate students attending school who are U.S. citizens or candidates lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence.
Application Requirements
- Complete application
- Two reference letters
- Curriculum vitae of applicant
- Unofficial undergraduate, graduate (if applicable), and medical school transcripts. *If fall 2022 semester grades are not available by the deadline, you can provide documentation of completed classes without grades. This will not negatively impact your application.
Questions? Contact Deszarae Busi.