Aim: Ian Ballard Travel Awards are intended to enable recipients to undertake an international travel tour with the aim of extending and collaborating on their MS research specialty. This award cannot be used to fund attendance at conferences.
Funding Details: Award is up to $25,000 and travel is expected to be completed within one year of award. Duration of travel is typically 8 weeks or less.
Eligibility: This award is specifically for MS researchers. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of Australia or New Zealand.
Application Dates: Applications open 10 June 2024 and close 19 July 2024.
About Ian Ballard Ian Ballard was an inspirational person with MS who valued the importance of research into multiple sclerosis. He encouraged a group of like-minded people to start fundraising via various means. In November 2005, Foundation 5 Million (F5M) was launched in Sydney, with the idea that if 2,500 people with MS and their families and friends could raise $2,000 each, we could rapidly raise $5 million to fund MS research.
Unfortunately, Ian passed away from a heart attack in 2008 before he could see F5M achieve its goal of raising $5 million in 2011. This award is in his memory.