Sponsorship / Partners in Research
MSRA has a range of research projects, Scholarships and Fellowships all of which require financial support. As acknowledgement, there are various degrees of ownership and naming rights associated with each program which would be able to support your Corporate and Social Responsibility program.
In 2009 MSRA has funded eleven new research projects, with a total of over 40 MSRA funded research projects now underway in Australia for 2009. These projects require funding of over $2 million p.a. Often project funding is able to be matched by government or other sources. Click here to view details of the projects and people MSRA fund.
MSRA works with numerous Foundations and Associations who sponsor one or several research projects, Scholarships or Fellowships, such as the Trish MS Research Foundation, Macquarie Group Foundation, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Wilson HTM Foundation . All of these partners support and share MSRA’s goal of accelerating research into the cause and cure for MS.
The Trish MS Research Foundation 
The Trish MS Research Foundation was founded in the memory of Trish Langsford who bravely battled MS. She was diagnosed at twenty three, at the prime of her life. The progression of MS left her lying in a nursing home bed completely paralysed, unable to eat, speak or communicate with her loved ones. She sadly passed away peacefully on 16 March 2002.
The people who watched Trish suffer from MS are determined to save others from the same tragic consequences. A team of volunteers banded together, and with the support of an eminent Scientific Research Committee, formed the Trish Multiple Sclerosis Research Foundation. This Foundation’s ultimate goal is to find a cure for MS – a goal shared by MSRA.
The Trish MS Research Foundation in 2009 will again sponsor a Scholarship and a Fellowship
- Trish Foundation/Betty Cuthbert Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Trish MS Research Foundation Scholarships
Macquarie Group Foundation 
The Macquarie Group’s Community Foundation has been a Founding Corporate Partner with MSRA since 2004. Their continued ongoing support has helped MSRA develop its fundraising, facilitate important conferences (for our specific research streams and our Research Management Council) as well as sponsor several Research Fellowships and Scholarships.
In 2008 a Macquarie Group Foundation bi-lateral MS Research Exchange Award has been launched for a Fellowship exchange between Australia and the UK, with Dr Julia Morahan being awarded this Fellowship.
Industry Round Table Partners
In early 2005, MSRA launched an “Industry Round Table”, including the pharmaceutical companies which provide treatment to people with MS.
This group of companies included Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis Australia and Sanofi Aventis. This Pharmaceutical Industry partners assist with funding of the MS Longitudinal Study, many of MSRA's conferences and our most recently established MSRA Clinical Trials Network.
Please contact Jeremy Wright, Executive Director or Mandy Lee, Relationships and Events Manager, to discuss opportunities to work together to solve the mystery of MS, phone 02 9468 8390 or info@msra.org.au
Association of Financial Advisers 
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is a professional organisation that has been serving the financial and insurance advisory industry for over 60 years. Its aim is to provide members with a robust united voice, continually improving practices, with a focus firmly on the dynamic future of the financial advising industry.
Since 2006 the partnership with the AFA has seen more than $200,000 raised. This has been achieved through outstanding member events held throughout Australia.
The AFA’s initial scholarship was awarded to Scott Kolbe at the Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne University in 2007. His work aims to identify biological markers for MS in optic neuritis.
In 2008, through the generosity of the AFA members, a MSRA Brain Bank Fellowship was established, with Teresa Wong being awarded this position.
The Wilson HTM Foundation 
The Wilson HTM Investment Group is one Australia’s leading investment advisors especially in the Life Sciences. MS Research Australia has also been involved in their Life Science Conference, most recently in Sydney in 2008.
The Foundation have generously provided $15,000 for two years towards an MS research scholarship for Jennifer Sabo who is working at the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne.
Sponsorship Opportunities
To join MSRA in the pursuit of finding a cause and cure for MS or for further information on sponsorship please contact Jeremy Wright, Executive Director or Mandy Lee, Relationship and Events Manager on 02 9468 8390 or info@msra.org.au