Fondation France Sclérose en Plaques PhD and Career Transition Fellowships

Fellowships to support PhD students in the final year of doctoral research and early career researchers working in fields related to multiple sclerosis.

Fondation France Sclérose en Plaques (Multiple Sclerosis Foundation France), formerly known as ARSEP, was created in France in 1969 and is a non-profit organisation recognised as promoting the public interest. Its mission is to contribute to the prevention and the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) through research, teaching and providing information to the public.

The Foundation offers fellowships to support PhD students in their final year (third or fourth year) of doctoral study, and young investigators early in their professional career (Career Transition), both conducting research in MS. 

The Foundation welcomes any basic and clinical research applications focused on MS, including for example: immunologic basis of MS, myelin biology, axonal degeneration, restoration of myelin and axonal integrity, susceptibility to MS, epidemiology, virology, infectious disease processes that may trigger disease activity, imaging technology, identification and use of surrogate markers, clinical research and therapeutics etc.