Research

Programme Description

The application period for the 2027 fellowship programme is NOW OPEN.

ECTRIMS offers a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme for young neuroscientists to facilitate their conduct of and training in basic, clinical or applied research related to multiple sclerosis. The goal of the programme is to maximise the exchange of information and to help grow the pool of well-trained research scientists focused on problems in MS.

Application deadline: 1 December 2026 (23:59 CET).

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Key Information

For scientists and physicians of any nationality holding an MD, PhD, ScD, or equivalent, to provide mentored research training related to MS. Qualifying degree must be obtained by the time of application.
1- or 2-year funded fellowships in a European laboratory or clinic.
Citizens of any country are eligible to apply to this programme. However, research training must be undertaken in a European laboratory or clinic.
Research must be related to MS, in any relevant specialty or field.
At the time of application, applicants should not have worked in any capacity at the same institution and/or under the same mentor as proposed in the fellowship application.
The application requires documents from the candidate, the proposed mentor, and the proposed host training institute, as well as other professional referees.
The applicant is responsible for collecting all supporting documents and submitting them through the online application system. All documents must be submitted as PDFs.
Fellowships must commence before the end of the calendar year in which the fellowship has been awarded.
Successful fellows and their mentors will be asked to provide progress and financial accounting reports at the end of each year.

Application deadline: 1 December 2026

NOTE: Institutes are not limited to any number of applications, however the same mentor may not be proposed in more than 1 application per cycle, all categories combined. Per award cycle, institutes will be limited to 3 awards total among all fellowship categories and only 1 award within any given category.

2026 Research Fellowship Recipients

These early-career MS professionals were selected for the Research Fellowship Programme based on their outstanding research achievements, as well as their innovative proposals that aim to enhance the field of MS research, treatment & care.

Research

Programme Description

Key Information

Application deadline: 1 December 2026

2026 Research Fellowship Recipients

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