ECTRIMS Clinical Training Fellowship Programme Grant

Funder: European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS)

The ECTRIMS Clinical Training Fellowship Programme offers neurologists and physicians a unique opportunity to enhance their expertise in multiple sclerosis (MS) management. With training periods of 3, 6, or 12 months under experienced mentors in European MS clinics, selected fellows receive stipends ranging from €13,750 to €55,000. This prestigious fellowship emphasizes cross-border collaboration and aims to foster the next generation of MS professionals, especially from less-developed countries where MS is prevalent.

Goals
To support and promote basic and clinical research in MS in Europe and liaise with other related organisations on a worldwide scale.To support education and teaching opportunities for professionals that enhance their ability to deliver quality clinical care.To act as a representative of the MS research community in its member countries.To be actively involved in coordinating initiatives in research and clinical care both in Europe and worldwide.To organise annual congresses.To organise workshops and related teaching activities in the field of MS.To initiate, support or endorse European activities of outstanding relevance to MS.To encourage young researchers in the field of MS by promoting learning, training and exchange programmes.
ECTRIMS offers a Clinical Training Fellowship Programme for neurologists and other physicians to provide the opportunity for successful candidates to learn the latest techniques in patient management and care and to help foster their careers as MS physicians. The training period must be under the direction of a senior clinical mentor at a European MS clinic and/or research center and can run for 3 months, 6 months or 1 year in duration.
Support
ECTRIMS will provide a stipend of 13,750.00 EUR for a three-month programme, 27,500.00 EUR for a six-month programme, or 55,000.00 EUR for a one-year training programme.ECTRIMS will also provide economy transportation from the successful candidate’s home location to and from the training city; travel expenses for family members cannot be provided. Transportation expenses will be reimbursed directly to the fellow, upon submission of receipts to ECTRIMS.Payment from ECTRIMS will be made to the host institution, which will be consideredthe employer of the fellow. Stipends will be paid by the host institution to the fellowaccording to the institution’s own payment policies and schedules.Payment from ECTRIMS will be made to the host institution, which will be considered the employer of the fellow. Stipends will be paid by the host institution to the fellow according to the institution’s own payment policies and schedules.Fellows will be invited to attend the annual ECTRIMS congress during the term of their training period. ECTRIMS will separately support travel and accommodations for congress participation.

Eligibility

Fellow EligibilityCandidates must hold an MD or equivalent medical degree prior to application for the training programme. Medically trained candidates with a specialty interest in neurology or any other field of medicine that is related and important to MS care and management are eligible (for instance, electrophysiology, physiatry/rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, etc.).Candidates and their mentors must affirm that there will be no language barriers that will impede the training experience.Clinical Training LocationThe fellowship period will be spent in a European clinic focused on problems associated with MS.For fellowship applicants who are European citizens, the clinic should be located in a different European country from that of the fellow’s citizenship.For all applicants, the fellowship must take place at a different institute and in a different country than the fellow’s current placement of 12 months or longer.These conditions are in place to facilitate the programme’s goal of cross border exchange.Exceptions may be considered under special circumstances, which must be detailed in the application process.The prospective fellow must determine in advance the fellowship location and identify a proposed mentor, all of which will be considered along with the fellow’s own qualifications and training plan, in the review and selection process.The mentor and their institution must provide a certification that the proposed training fellow will be allowed to undertake patient care in the institution, given that in most situations it is expected that the candidate’s medical education will have taken place in a different country from the training site.