Annual Neuromuscular Postdoctoral Research and Clinical Fellowships Funding Competition Now Open

Together with Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC) and the Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists we are excited to announce the opening of our 2024 annual funding competition to award postdoctoral fellowships in neuromuscular disease (NMD) research, and clinical fellowship awards in neuromuscular medicine and electromyography! 

This annual funding competition provides salary support for early-career scientists to conduct postdoctoral studies in a laboratory focused on research of NMDs, and early-career clinicians to participate in a neuromuscular medicine and electromyography fellowship training program. Successful applicants are eligible to receive $40 000 in funding over a one-year period for a postdoctoral fellowship, and $80 000 in funding over a one-year period for a clinical fellowship.

Dates and Timelines

Funding competition opens: Today, September 5th, 2023 

Application submission deadline: Tuesday October 17th, 2023. 

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

The 2024 competition guidelines available on the NMD4C website for updated information on the 2024 competition guidelines for both the postdoctoral research fellowship and clinical fellowships, as well as information on how to submit your application.

Postdoctoral fellowship competition guidelines

Clinical fellowship competition guidelines

If you have any questions about the 2024 competition, please contact network manager Erin Beattie at .

MDC, NMD4C and CSCN fellowships competition is now open

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