The National Multiple Sclerosis Society aspires to bring the global community together to cure MS for everyone, aiming to achieve this goal as swiftly as possible. Their mission involves coordinating and focusing worldwide resources on essential research questions to accelerate progress toward ending MS.
The grant program, guided by the Pathways to Cures Roadmap, supports research aimed at stopping MS, restoring functions lost to MS, and ending MS forever through prevention. It prioritizes research across various approaches, including laboratory models, human studies, and population-based and data-intensive investigations, emphasizing collaboration across disciplines, data and resource sharing, and attention to underserved and understudied racial and ethnic groups in MS research. Additionally, the Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research is awarded to recognize groundbreaking achievements in MS research, focusing on innovation, the potential impact on treatment and cure pathways, and the demonstration of promising leadership in the field.