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

Federal funding opportunity RFA-TS-26-165 from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA (Department of Health and Human Services).

Posted: May 11, 2026
Closed: June 10, 2026
Award ceiling: $500,000
Program funding: $4,500,000
Expected awards: 3
Cost sharing: No
Instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Assistance listing: 93.061
Category: Health
Archives: May 12, 2027

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.061 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated: $0
FY2025 obligated: $0
FY2026 (to date) obligated: $0
Awards in window: 15

No net new obligations were recorded under this listing in the window shown: downward adjustments to earlier awards offset or exceeded new awards in every year. Awards in window counts awards with at least one recorded transaction in the window, adjustments included.

Top recipients: Creare Llc, Dartmouth-hitchcock Clinic, Northwestern University, Aster Labs, Inc., Tria Bioscience Corp.

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026

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Synopsis

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

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than 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 governments (Federally recognized)
County governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Private institutions of higher education
City or township governments
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"
Special district governments

Additional Eligibility Information to be included in the NOFO.

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Agency contact: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · [email protected] · 404-498-2015

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