The North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (NASCIC) has the mission to bring about unified achievements in research, care, cure, and policy by supporting collaborative efforts across the spinal cord injury community.
Patron Membership: For individuals with SCI or directly representing someone with SCI.
Principal Membership: Nonprofit organizations serving the SCI community are welcome to join NASCIC.
Partner Membership: For any person or organization involved with or interested in SCI.
NASCIC seeks input from people with SCI & caregivers for projects (not trials). Start by filling out our application form.
The purpose of the North American SCI Consortium (NASCIC) is to convene organizations in North America that advocate, represent, or communicate with people living with spinal cord injury (SCI).
If you are interested in partnering with NASCIC for a project, trial recruitment or letter of support, please review our requirements, criteria, and various methods of working with us.
Are you looking to engage people with SCI lived experience but don’t know where to start?
The NASCIC Project Review Committee brings together individuals with lived experience of spinal cord injury and research expertise to ensure that all projects align with community needs and priorities.
The formation of relationships and active engagement between the individuals and organizations representing SCI.
The exchange of valid, trustworthy, and useful information, experience, and knowledge.
Promotion of and involvement with ‘best practices of consumer engagement’ in research, care, cure, and policy.
Promotion of collaboration among experts in the fields of research, care, cure, and policy of participating members.
The NASCIC is not a trade association, lobbying entity, or treatment care center. Those providing such services to the spinal cord injury community may be Partner members.
Our Spinal Cord Injury Research Advocacy Course (SCI-RAC) is is designed to empower individuals with SCI, caregivers, researchers, and healthcare providers to become effective partners in SCI research. Through 12 detailed modules, you’ll gain invaluable knowledge about the research process and advocacy strategies.
Your SCI-RAC registration also gives you free NASCIC Membership (Patron), connecting you with a community of advocates and researchers dedicated to improving SCI outcomes.
Watch our webinar by former NASCIC Presidents Kim Anderson-Erisman and Jennifer French about the benefits of joining NASCIC.
The North American SCI Consortium (NASCIC) convenes organizations across the continent that advocate, represent, and communicate with people living with spinal cord injury.
Join NASCIC for a free SCI Connections webinar, Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 3PM ET. NASCIC President Jerrod Kerr and past President Ian Burkhart share what the SCI community told the FDA on September 29 and what comes next.
On U2FP’s CureCast Episode 146, Ian Burkhart, past President of NASCIC, makes the case for the SCI community to take part in the first SCI EL-PFDD meeting on September 29, 2026. Free, virtual, registration open.
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month 2026 is reaching Times Square, Capitol Hill, and the FDA. The SCI EL-PFDD meeting on September 29 is free and virtual, and free iBCI-CC registration for the October 16 meeting closes September 18.
The Society for Neuroscience annual meeting is November 14 to 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Lectures on neural injury, motor learning, and pain treatment.
The 103rd ACRM Annual Fall Conference and EXPO is October 12 to 16, 2026 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, closing with the free 3rd iBCI-CC Annual Meeting on Friday, October 16. NASCIC is a charter member of the iBCI-CC, and registration for that meeting closes September 18.
The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals meets September 6 to 9 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Four days of interdisciplinary spinal cord injury and disease education across five concurrent tracks, up to 25.0 continuing education contact hours, and a keynote from NASCIC past president Jen French.
