Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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- Posted
- July 8, 2026
- Closes
- See announcement
- Award ceiling
- $500,000
- Program funding
- $4,500,000
- Expected awards
- 3
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 93.061
- Category
- Health
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
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
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- County governments
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- State governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Eligibility Information to be included in the NOFO.
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