The MS Trust has funded practical research which will have an impact on improving services and therapies available for people with MS. Research currently being funded includes:
The Trust has also funded several major drinking water projects.
Since its establishment the Trust has funded work in over 80 countries, and made its first grant for long-term conservation of a collection in late 2006.
Since 2005 the Trust has funded and installed 355 IWBs in Invercargill classrooms at a cost of $4.5million, revolutionising teaching methods and setting the City apart.
The Trust have fully funded the establishment of an Excellence and Innovation Centre for all Invercargill primary school children.
The Trust is also funding the restoration of a 1936 Triumph Tiger 80 by the Coventry Transport Museum.
Linked to the work of these Commissions, the Trust funded over sixty local action research programmes.
Since its founding in 1971, the Trust has funded research totalling more than £30 million at University College London's Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London.
The Melville Charitable Trust had already funded these organizations and asked, "How can we help to build a grass roots network in support of your advocacy?"
The Trust also funded national and international communities of practice to exchange experiences.