Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Assistance Listings: 93.061 -- Innovations in Applied Public Health Research
Last Updated: May 11, 2026
Description
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.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Private institutions of higher education
Government
- State governments
- County governments
- Special district governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- City or township governments
Miscellaneous
- Unrestricted
- Other
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
- Other Native American tribal organizations
Additional information
Additional Eligibility Information to be included in the NOFO.
Grantor contact information
Description
Dr. Candis Hunter
ncipc_erpo@cdc.gov
ncipc_erpo@cdc.gov
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| rfa-ts-26-165_rev10.pdf | rfa-ts-26-165_rev10.pdf | May 11, 2026 09:40 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Closing: June 10, 2026
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm ET on the listed application due date.
Award
$4,500,000
Program Funding
3
Expected awards
$--
Award Minimum
$500,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
RFA-TS-26-165
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
May 11, 2026
Archive date:
May 12, 2027
