NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY

Field of study: Problems of multiple

Sclerosis: Immunology, Genetics, Neurobiology, Neurophysiology, Virology, Neuropathology, Neuroimaging, Neurology Biochemistry/Biophysics, Epidemiology, Psychosocial/ Rehabilitation, Measuring activity in multiple Sclerosis, Biology of Glia, diagnostic methods, therapy of multiple sclerosis.

Level: Research

Biomedical Research Grant Program

Eligibility: Nationals of all countries.

Value: varies with each project

Last date: 1 February

Patient Management Technology Grant Program

Duration: one to five years.

Eligibility: Nationals of all countries who must be faculty member affiliated with an appropriate research institution.

Value: varies with each project

Last date: 1 August

Pilot Research Grant Program

Eligibility: Nationals of all countries, investigators at established research institutions who require funds to develop concepts and obtain preliminary data.

Value: not exceeding $20,000;

Last date: at any time

Health Services Research Grants Program

Duration: one year

Eligibility: Nationals of all countries, principal investigators affiliated with academic and medical institutions, government agencies, community groups, etc., and professionally qualified individuals

Value: not exceeding $20,000;

Last date: at any time

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Duration: one to three years

Eligibility: Nationals of all countries, candidates for an M.D.,Ph.D., or equivalent degree, established investigators who seek support to obtain specialized training in some field which will materially enhance their capacity to conduct more meaningful research into multiple sclerosis

Value: varies with qualifications and experience of candidate

Last date: 1st February

Advance Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Eligibility: Nationals of all countries, candidates for an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree, who have completed less than one year of prior postdoctoral training at the time of application at United States institutions.

Value: varies with qualifications and experience of candidate

Last date: 1st February

Senior Faculty Award

Duration: varies

Eligibility: Nationals of all countries, holders of an M.D" a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, with no more than five years of independent research experience; candidates must hold or have been offered position equivalent to assistant professor at a United States research or medical institution.

Value: varies with each project

Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholarship (Junior Faculty Award)

Duration: five years.

Value: stipend: up to 75 percent annual salary, not to exceed $50,000 in first year, with 5 per cent annual increase in each of remaining four years; research support: up to $25,000 in first year and increasing to $35,000 in fifth year.