CDC Identify, Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Sponsor Deadline: 

Mar 29, 2021

Letter of Intent Deadline: 

Feb 5, 2021

Sponsor: 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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CDC Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
RFA-TS-21-001
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329684
Optional Letters of Intent are requested by February 5, 2021
(p. 5 of the PDF guidelines)  Eligible applicant organizations may submit more than one application to this NOFO, provided that each application is scientifically distinct

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is seeking investigator-initiated research that will further the understanding of potential risk factors for 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. 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.

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