Harry Weaver Scholar Awards
Funds up to five years of salary and research support for a rising MS researcher.
Candidates and their host institution apply jointly, first through a pre-application reviewed on a brief research summary, a vision statement and a biosketch; only invited applicants go on to submit a full application. Competitive pre-applications tend to show strong evidence of research productivity, development of current research ideas, and momentum toward broader impact and leadership, though …
The award backs exceptional early-career investigators pursuing multiple sclerosis research across fields such as epidemiology, genetics, neurochemistry, neurobiology, neurophysiology, virology, immunology, pharmacology, or patient care and rehabilitation. It's reserved for a proposal seen as potentially pivotal for the field, not incremental work.
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