Every year, the Dutch MS Research Foundation organizes a scientific conference for MS-professionals from the Netherlands and Belgium. The meeting offers scientists and healthcare professionals from the MS field a platform to exchange the latest research results and developments. The language of speech is English and international researchers are explicitly also welcome to participate.
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The MS Research Days of 2026 will take place in Groningen. The meeting focuses on the entire spectrum of MS research, ranging from basic to translational and clinical research. Together with the MS Center Noord Nederland, we will provide an interesting, educational program with enough time to network.
A workshop on science communication will also be offered for interested participants. Additional registration for the workshop is required. You can register by sending an email to subsidies@msresearch.nl. Curious to learn more about the workshop? You can read all the details here.
Date: Wednesday May 20th and Thursday May 21st 2026
Do you want your MS research to truly resonate with fellow researchers, clinicians, or policymakers? In the Pitch Perfect workshop, you will learn how to translate complex data and research processes into a clear, compelling, and inspiring story. Using practical tools, you will strengthen the impact of your presentation for a wide range of purposes – from pitching a grant application to presenting on an international conference stage. Registration is open until Monday 18 May 2026 via subsidies@msresearch.nl (maximum of 40 participants, first come, first served).
Please note: are you a PhD candidate or an early‑career researcher (junior postdoc)? After the workshop, you can submit your own pitch. The best pitch will win a registration ticket to ECTRIMS or ACTRIMS.
Registration for researchers is free of charge, including master’s students who are currently undertaking (or, at the time of the congress, will be undertaking) an internship at an MS research laboratory. For participants who are not affiliated with a research institution, the registration fee is €350. This also applies to master’s students undertaking an internship outside an MS research laboratory. In such cases, an invoice will be sent after registration. The fee includes lunch and dinner on the first day. Accommodation costs are to be covered by the participant.
The registration deadline was Thursday, 30 April 2026. Not registered but would you still like to attend? Please send an email to subsidies@msresearch.nl.
We invite you to submit your abstract about fundamental, translational, and clinical MS research. Submission deadline is Monday March 16th, 2026, before 1.00 PM. Abstracts can be emailed to subsidies@msresearch.nl. Use the word document below for your abstract.
If you obtained or will obtain your PhD between 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026 and the subject of the thesis is MS-related, you have a chance to win the ‘Best Thesis Award 2025’. To be eligible for this award, we ask you to fill in the word document below, consisting of 5 short open questions, and email it to subsidies@msresearch.nl before 1.00 PM on Monday March 16th, 2026. For this award, it is important that you are also present during the MS Research Days, as the winner will also give an oral presentation on the topic of the thesis.
