Funder: ALS Association
Due Dates (Anticipated): Not yet announced
Funding Amounts: $50,000 total over 1 year
Summary: Supports one or two critical experiments that generate preliminary data for larger, high-impact ALS research efforts.
Key Information: Applicants worldwide are welcome, including investigators new to ALS; junior postdoctoral fellows cannot apply as principal investigators.
Description
The ALS Association’s Seed Grants support the initial experiments that can turn promising ideas into high-impact ALS research. Rather than funding a fully developed research effort, the program funds one or two critical experiments that help investigators gather preliminary data for larger grants or industry partnerships.
Made possible by the Ice Bucket Challenge and donor support, the program connects early experimental work to the goals of finding new treatments and cures, optimizing existing care and treatments, or preventing ALS. It welcomes established and early-career investigators, including researchers entering from outside the ALS field, who have the skills and resources to carry out their proposed work.
