Defeat MSA Alliance
Defeat Multiple System Atrophy Alliance (USA).
defeatmsa.orgMSA United Research Consortium · Researcher portal
Grants and collaboration for MSA researchers.
Apply for consortium funding, respond to clarification requests, and follow your application from letter of intent to decision — all in one place.
Open call
Request for Proposals
Read the scope, eligibility and deadlines in the RFP, then apply through the platform.
Download the RFP
The full call text, as a PDF.
Funding bodies for this year's round
Defeat MSA Canada
Defeat Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Canada / Vaincre l'atrophie multisystématisée (AMS) Canada.
msacanada.caAll consortium members: msaunited.org
HELP US DEFEAT MSA NOW!
MSA United Research Consortium is a global association of charities united in their dedication to fight Multiple System Atrophy. MSA is a rare, fast and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Major symptoms can occur in any combination including ataxia (loss of balance and coordination), severe low blood pressure leading to dizziness or fainting when standing, bladder retention or incontinence, constipation, male impotence, speech and swallowing difficulties, sleep disorders, breathing problems, and rigidity and tremor. Statistical data gives the average age of onset at 50 and the average course of the disease at about 5-10 years.
Realizing that much of the current attention is focused on more widely known diseases, MSA is often overlooked. MSA patients are confronted with a dim prognosis and left with few options. Staffed entirely by volunteers who are personally, and therefore passionately connected to MSA, MSA United Consortium members are dedicated to the ultimate defeat of MSA.
The MSA United Research Consortium invites all other like-minded individuals, around the world, to join us in this noble mission: to speak for those who cannot, with one mind, one heart and one voice: to defeat MSA forever!
The funding bodies for this year’s MSA research round include:
Defeat MSA Alliance Defeat Multiple System Atrophy Alliance (USA)Website: www.defeatmsa.org
Defeat Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Canada/ Vaincre L’atrophie Multisystématisée (AMS) Canada
Website: www.msacanada.ca
To download the Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2025, please click here.
For a complete list of Consortium member organizations, please visit: www.msaunited.org
Application process
From preliminary application to decision.
Letter of intent
Submit your preliminary application through the platform before the deadline.
Consortium review
Assigned reviewers score four criteria; administrators may send clarification questions back to you.
Full proposal
By invitation: applications that pass LOI review are invited to submit the full proposal.
Decision
The board decides; decisions and every status change reach you by email.
Planned
More than a grant form.
The platform is growing into a place where MSA researchers find each other and each other's work.
Researcher and project directory
Profiles and ongoing projects across disciplines and countries.
Collaboration matching
Find partners whose work complements yours.
Opportunities board
Calls, positions and shared resources in one list.
Clinician and patient partnership
Connect research teams with clinicians and patient voices.