Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Research
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Support goes to a mentor-institution combination that recruits, selects and trains postdoctoral fellows for careers in rehabilitation research applied to MS and similar disorders. The Society states mentor and fellow may come from a variety of fields including medicine, physical, occupational or speech therapy, psychology, rehabilitation engineering, nursing or other fields, and training may be fundamental or applied.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No award amount is published on the program page; the page links a separate 2026 postdoctoral stipend scale and policies-and-procedures document that carry the figures.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · AugPublished deadline: 2026-08-12 — passedAnnual cycle. 2026: pre-application deadline was 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026 and the full application deadline is 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026 — the pre-application gate has already passed for this round.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- The applicant is the mentor together with the sponsoring institution, not an individual fellow: the mentor must be an established and active researcher in MS or a related field, and the mentor-institution pair is responsible for recruiting and selecting the fellows. Research training must be relevant to rehabilitation of individuals with MS. Applications are submitted through the MSGrants system, which requires registration and staff approval before a pre-application can be filed.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- multiple sclerosis · rehabilitation research · postdoctoral training · mentorship · interdisciplinary
- Apply at
- https://www.nationalmssociety.org/for-professionals/for-researchers/training-grants-and-fellowships/mentor-based-postdoctoral-rehabilitation
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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