Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and KRG Children's Charitable Foundation, but administered by Universities Canada: Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Scholarship Programs - Follow the Leader Scholarship

The purpose of the scholarship program is to encourage academic excellence and the pursuit of higher education among students who are directly affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS); provide the path and framework for scholarship recipients to become the MS leaders of the future and to; strengthen the pool of scientific, engineering, math and technology students who consider a focus on MS to be part of their career of choice.

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Organization Name

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and KRG Children's Charitable Foundation, but administered by Universities Canada

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Organization Mandate

The MS Society provides services to people with multiple sclerosis and their families and funds research to find the cause and cure for this disease. We have a membership of 17,000 and are the only national voluntary organization in Canada that supports both MS research and services. Since our founding in 1948, the core support of the MS Society has been from tens of thousands of dedicated individuals, companies and foundations in communities across Canada. The Society receives almost no funding from government.

Countries

Regions

North America, Central America, South America, Caribbean, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East, North Africa, Central Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Oceania, Antarctica

Subject - funding opportunities

Science, engineering, math and technology focus

Application deadline

March of each year

Amount of the award

Value: $25,000 per academic year.

Eligibility - nationality

Canada

Eligibility

Applicants must be Canadian citizens; and attend high school in Ontario; have at least an 85% (or equivalent) average over the last 3 terms of available marks; be planning on enrolling full-time in a Canadian, American or Foreign university, specifically in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) program; live in a family in which an immediate member (self, sibling or parent/guardian) is directly affected by MS or an allied disease (neuromyelitis optica (NMO), transverse myelitis (TM), and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)). Recipients will be required to submit proof of diagnosis.

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