Funder: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Pre-application) | August 2027 (Full application, invitation only)
Funding Amounts: Up to $650,000 over five years: two postdoctoral years and three faculty years
Summary: Supports promising MS researchers transitioning from advanced postdoctoral training to independent research in a new faculty appointment.
Key Information: Training outside the United States is supported only for U.S. citizens.
Description
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Career Transition Fellowships support early-career scientists committed to multiple sclerosis research who demonstrate exceptional potential to contribute to the field. The program links two years of advanced postdoctoral training with the first three years of independent research in a new faculty appointment, helping strengthen the future MS research workforce.
The fellowship aims to foster scientific development and productivity across the transition to independence. Research should address the Society’s Pathways to Cures priorities: stopping MS disease activity, restoring function by reversing damage and symptoms, and ending MS by preventing new cases. The Society supports basic, translational, and clinical research toward these goals.
