At a glance
Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a federal competitive grant from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA for the science & technology sector. Funding is up to $500K. Eligible applicants: Independent school districts; Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Apply via the official listing at www.grants.gov.
- Amount
- Up to $500K
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Type
- Competitive
- Status
- Forecasted
About this program
CDC/ATSDR is inviting research proposals to study risk factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Studies on military service, contact sports, traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation, and infections agents and exposures are encouraged. Funding will be for four funding options: Option A - Support research with strong existing evidence such as studies on known environmental or genetic risk factors, research that improves past studies with better data, or investigations linking risk factors to ALS diagnosis and treatment; Option B - Support new and exploratory research on ALS risk factors such as studies on risk factors with little existing evidence or research using innovative methods; Option C - Understand ALS risk in affected populations, such as studies involving military veterans or investigations of ALS risk factors impacting this population; Option D - Analyze biological samples from the Guamanian ALS cluster such as investigation of disease mechanisms and environmental factors, exposure routes, genetic studies and biomarkers and how this could lead to mitigation therapeutics, diagnostics or prevention.
Who can apply
Independent school districts; Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Special district governments; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; City or township governments; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; County governments; Private institutions of higher education; State governments; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments). Additional Eligibility Information to be included in the NOFO.
How to apply
Apply through Grants.gov using funding opportunity number RFA-TS-27-018. Register your organization (SAM.gov + Grants.gov) before the deadline, then submit the application package listed in the official notice.
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