3 July 2025 News
The MND Association is funding more research than ever before, underlining our ongoing commitment to funding world-class research to drive forward our understanding and treatment of motor neurone disease (MND).
As of 31 May 2025, the value of the Association’s research grants portfolio totalled a record £26.9 million, covering 138 rigorously selected projects. The increased investment has meant the value of the grant portfolio has increased by 66% in just three years, with funds invested into an additional 50 projects.
This growing investment supports an expanding network of researchers. Around 320 clinicians and researchers are involved in MND Association-funded projects including 80 early-career researchers.
Funding emerging researchers, as well as offering training at our annual MND EnCouRage UK event, enables these individuals to focus their careers on MND, leading to the next generation of research leaders. This support is vital in order to build long term research capacity in MND research.
Advances in technology, milestone discoveries and new partnerships are also flourishing as a result of the Association’s continued investment in MND research, helping us take what we have learned so far about what causes MND and translate that into potential treatments.
The news comes just a week after the launch of the Longitude Prize on ALS – a new challenge prize principally funded by the Association to accelerate drug discovery.
MND is now one of the fastest moving fields of neurological disease research. Thanks to the dedication of our supporters and the wider MND community, we are the leading charitable funder of MND research in the UK and are able to continue our commitment to not just funding outstanding science, but to building the research infrastructure that allows innovation to flourish.
By encouraging collaboration, supporting talented researchers at all career stages and focusing on translating discoveries into treatments, we are driving real momentum towards breakthroughs that people living with MND so urgently need.
Mike Rogers, Director of Research and Innovation at the MND Association
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