Closed · RFA-TS-23-001 · CFDA 93.061 · Discretionary
Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $500K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- January 5, 2023
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a closed discretionary listing from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA that offered Up to $500,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 639 other opportunities from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA.
- up to $500K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 93.061
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors… is closed (last close January 5, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA still indexes 639 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed January 5, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$7,500,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Centers for Disease Control/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) is seeking investigator-initiated research that will further the understanding of potential risk factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), while supporting the National ALS Registry"s mission. The National ALS Registry"s goals are to estimate the number of new ALS cases each year, estimate the number of people who have ALS at a specific point in time, better understand who gets ALS, and identify what contributing factors, including environmental, may affect ALS. CDC/ATSDR is seeking investigator-initiated research that will identify and evaluate risk factors contributing to ALS, with preferred focus in this Notice of Funding Opportunity on factors related to military service, contact sports, traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation, and infectious agents. Research proposals on preferred topics can be funded under one of two funding options, Funding Option A or Funding Option B. Funding Option A is intended to support ALS risk factor research investigations that have an existing, well substantiated evidence base and would benefit from strengthened rigorous evaluation. Funding Option B is intended to support novel ALS risk factor research investigations that may or may not have an existing evidence base foundation base, may be supported by limited and insuffiicient preliminary research, and are exploratory and developmental in nature. Application Type: NEW AMENDMENT to update pre-application teleconference date Special Date(s): A pre-application teleconference call will be conducted on November 7, 2022 to address questions from prospective applicants regarding NOFO RFA-TS-23-001 Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The call will begin at 12:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) and end at 1:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), or sooner if all questions are addressed. Questions and answers from the discussion will be included in an amended NOFO approximately 2 weeks after the call. Participant Access Information: Call Date: November 7, 2022, 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) Call End Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) Call Leader: Susana Panero, MD, Scientific Program Official Toll-Free Number: 866-600-6035 Use Passcode 23198543# when prompted
Wide-open applicant board · 14 Grants.gov doors
Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors… prints 14 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +10 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). Only 2 other Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 640).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 05
- Independent school districts
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 08
- Public / Indian housing authorities
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
- Code 99
- Unrestricted / see official listing
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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Agency Contact
Susana Panero, MD HWT0@cdc.gov
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