Forecast

Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

From	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Who can apply	state governments, counties, cities and townships, special districts (water, fire, parks, etc.), school districts, public colleges and universities and 8 more types
Eligibility notes	Additional Eligibility Information to be included in the NOFO.
How much	up to $500K per award; about 3 awards; $4.5 million total
Deadline	Tue, Dec 1, 2026 (estimated) (39 days left)
Category	Health
Type	Cooperative agreement
Opportunity #	RFA-TS-27-018
Assistance listing	93.061
Posted	Wed, Jul 8, 2026

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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.

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