National Multiple Sclerosis Society fellowships
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The 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 in its efforts to end MS forever. 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.
To submit a proposal for research support, investigators must first register with our online portal (https://nmss.fluxx.io) and complete a pre-application. Staff 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 an educational grant provided by EMD Serono.
Deadline 2021:
Pre-application deadline: August 11, 2021, 5p.m. Eastern
Full application deadline: August 28, 2021, 5p.m. Eastern
- Download instructions for online submission of postdoctoral fellowship applications (.pdf)
- Download policies and procedures for fellowships, research grants and other awards (.pdf)
For more information, please contact:
Webpage: https://www.nationalmssociety.org/
Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowships
With the increasing number of new therapies being developed for use in MS, there is a need for physicians trained in conducting clinical trials. To this end, the Society established the Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship Program, named in honor of its founder. Clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of therapies for multiple sclerosis are highly complex and require special expertise and knowledge to monitor this highly variable disease. This program provides the individual with an MD or equivalent medical degree with up to 3 years of formal training, under the tutelage of an established investigator, in key elements associated with conducting clinical trials in MS. Residents who have or will have received training in neurology or physiatry in the United States, and who are in the PGY3 or PGY4 stage or beyond, are eligible to apply.
To submit a proposal for research support, investigators must first register with our Apply Online site (https://nmss.fluxx.io) and complete a pre-application. Staff will review the pre-application to determine whether the research plan is appropriate and relevant to our goals.
Deadline 2021:
Pre-application deadline: August 11, 2021, 5p.m. Eastern
Full application deadline: August 28, 2021, 5p.m. Eastern