Parkinson's - MJFF funds two-year fellowships in Movement Disorders

The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) invites applications for the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders. Deadline for submitting proposals is January 28, 2015. MJFF will fund five two-year fellowships which are $ 90,000 per fellow per year. The awards may cover the fellow’s stipend, benefits or travel allowance. The fellowship is open to movement disorder centers worldwide and can support both promising MD and MD/PhD applicants.

Movement disorder specialists - neurologists with subspecialty training in treating Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders - serve as an important bridge between scientific advances in the lab and positive patient outcomes in the care setting. While the demand for movement disorder specialists increases, not enough neurologists are receiving this vital training. To address this unmet need, MJFF is introducing the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders with the goal of developing a network of highly trained clinician-researchers, which are considered to be the next generation of leaders in Parkinson’s patient-relevant drug development and expert clinical care.
MJFF works tirelessly to accelerate promising research toward clinical testing and breakthroughs for Parkinson’s patients. The strong emphasis of the Foundation is on funding translational and clinical research. It also supports high-risk/high-reward discovery work to help keep new ideas flowing into the drug development pipeline.