February 29, 2024 News by Margarida Maia, PhD Australian researchers win grants to study immune system’s role in MS Two researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA) have received grants from MS Australia for work that may help scientists better understand how an immune system gone awry can cause multiple sclerosis (MS). Belinda Kaskow, PhD, a teaching and research fellow at UWAās School of Biomedical Sciences,…
March 30, 2022 News by Marisa Wexler, MS MS Society of Canada Grants Will Support 66 Research Projects The MS Society of Canada is providing thousands in funding to 66 research projects that aim to accelerate scientific understand of multiple sclerosis (MS) and to improve care for people with the disease. The society announced the winners of its 2022ā23 Annual Research Competition in four categories…
September 9, 2021 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD National MS Society Invests $8.7M in Research, Clinical Trial Training The National Multiple Sclerosis Society invested more than $8.7 million over the summer to support 29 new training fellowships, early career researchĀ awards, and other initiatives aiming to advance multiple sclerosisĀ (MS) research and care. Awarded research projects align with the societyāsĀ Pathways to Cures Roadmap: stopping disease activity and…
September 3, 2021 News by Shayna Korol Patients, Caregivers Asked to Help Adira in Choosing Grant Awards TheĀ Adira FoundationĀ is inviting people with neurodegenerative diseases and their caregivers to join a grant proposal review committee. A nonprofit foundation, its mission is to unite people affected by some of most common neurodegenerative diseases ā namely, multiple sclerosis,Ā amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease,Ā and…
August 11, 2021 News by Forest Ray PhD Nurse With MS Wins Grant to Find Severity, Progression Biomarkers A nurse and PhD candidate with multiple sclerosis (MS) is looking for disease biomarkers that can help healthcare providers better estimate how individual cases of MS will progress. The goal of Stephanie Buxhoeveden’s research, now supported by a grant from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), is…
March 3, 2021 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD NMSS Partnership Targets Autoimmune Disease Research The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has joined forces with the diabetes-focused JDRF and the Lupus Research Alliance to fund research looking at common underlying mechanisms of autoimmune disease. Called “Decoding Immune-Mediated Diseases ā Novel Approaches for Therapeutic Insights,” the new joint grant program is meant to stimulate…
February 11, 2021 News by Aisha I Abdullah PhD 2021 Innovation Challenge Finalists Announced Lyfebulb and Bristol Myers Squibb have announced the 10 finalists who will compete virtually for a $25,000 award to support the development of innovations that address unmet needs in multiple sclerosis (MS). The…
October 1, 2020 News by Forest Ray PhD $373K Grant to Support Discovery of Remyelinating Compounds for MS The National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyĀ has awarded a two-year, $373,000 Fast Forward grant to researchers at the University of California Riverside School of MedicineĀ to identify compounds best able to replace myelin lost over the course of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a press release.
December 17, 2019 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Einstein Researchers Receive Grant to Study Brain Activity Related to Fall Risk in MS Patients A grantĀ awarded recently by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund research to explore how brain changes in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients affect mobility. The five-year grant (1R01NS109023-01A1), totaling $3.5 million, was awarded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of…
April 17, 2019 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD National MS Society Grants $24.4M to Fund 64 MS Research Projects The NationalĀ Multiple Sclerosis Society has granted $24.4 million to fund 64 multiple sclerosis (MS) research projects and training fellowships worldwide. This is the latest funding initiative by the Society, which is planning to invest a total of $35 million in 2019 to support 340 MS studies ongoing across…
August 13, 2018 News by Iqra Mumal, MSc Kessler Foundation Scientist Receives NMSS Grant to Study Information Processing Speed in MS Patients Kessler Foundation scientist Silvana Costa, PhD, was awarded a $477,000 grant from theĀ National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)Ā to explore the effects of visual, cognitive, and motor deficits on information processing speed in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Costa is an associate research scientist in neuropsychology and neuroscience research.
December 19, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD 9 Research Teams at Virginia Universities Awarded Grants into Studies of Brain Nine research teams at the University of VirginiaĀ and Virginia TechĀ will be awarded grants totalingĀ $550,000 for studies addressing issues related to brain development and brainĀ function in health and disease. Among theĀ university-fundedĀ projects receiving between $50,000 and $70,000 each is research into potentialĀ new treatmentsĀ for multiple sclerosis. āWe are planting seeds that…
September 23, 2016 News by Joana Fernandes, PhD Progressive MS Alliance Awards $18M to 3 Research Projects into Disease Treatments, Expanded Testing The International Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Alliance, a worldwide group of MS organizations that supportĀ research efforts, has awarded three, four-year grants ā called Collaborative Network Awards, and worth $6 million each ā to speed work intoĀ potential treatments for progressive MS. Found in about 15 percent of all initially diagnosed…
July 27, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD PCORI Awards $20M to 4 Studies Comparing Current Drug and Rehab Therapies for MS The National Multiple Sclerosis Society reported that the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has granted nearly $20 million in funding to four research projects assessing various multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies for their clinical effectiveness. Two of the grants will cover studies comparing disease-modifying treatments, looking to identify differences…