National MS Society - NMSS

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 MS Society providesfinancial support for research to stop multiple sclerosis progression, restore function, and end MS forever. Funding programs fuel novel ideas, foster collaborations and provide training opportunities in these and other areas of research emphasis:

• Immunologic basis of MS
• CNS repair and neuroprotection
• Biology of glia/myelin
• Genetics and gender differences
• Understanding and preventing disease progression
• Infectious triggers and risk factors
• Cognitive and psychosocial issues
• Patient management, care and rehabilitation
• Pathology of MS
• Clinical trials
• Health care delivery and policy
• Measures of disease activity, imaging, surrogate and biomarkers

Contact information:

Patricia O’Looney, PhD
Vice President of Biomedical Research
(212) 476-0413
patricia.olooney@nmss.org 

The fund is not a competitive fund
web site: www.nationalmssociety.org