Our Awards and Programs
To help create a world without ALS, we support a wide-range of research that is doing everything from identifying ALS-linked genes and biomarkers to discovering and developing new treatments to optimizing current care and improving quality of life. We also encourage young scientists to pursue careers in ALS, build research and clinical trial infrastructure, and learn from the lived experiences of the ALS community.
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
Assistive Technology Grants
These grants fund the development of devices that can help maintain or improve the health, independence and/or quality of life of people living with ALS.
Clinical Fellowship Programs
These awards, established in partnership with the American Academy of Neurology and American Brain Foundation, give young investigators the experience they need to establish their own ALS research laboratories and continue moving their innovative ideas toward the clinic.
Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Drug Development Program
This grant program supports the preclinical assessment of novel therapies or repositioned treatment approaches in preparation for clinical testing.
Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
This program supports the development of early-career scientists by funding junior postdoctoral fellows doing research of high scientific merit and relevance to ALS.
Partnership Grant Program
These awards support grant-making efforts at other nonprofits that have the potential to ultimately transform the experience of ALS.
The Hoffman ALS Clinical Trial Awards Program
This annual program helps to develop new and improved therapies by supporting early-stage clinical trials.
Prevention Grants
This program supports efforts to prevent or delay the harms of ALS, with the goal of impacting clinical care within the next 5–7 years.
Quality of Care Research Awards
This program supports interventions that will make ALS care safer, more accessible, more equitable and more affordable.
Seed Grants
These awards provide one year of support so researchers can gather the preliminary data needed to secure additional funding to advance potentially impactful ALS research.
Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research
This annual award recognizes significant contributions in the search for the causes, prevention and a cure for ALS.
Trial Capacity Awards
These grants support efforts to increase participation and diversity in ALS clinical trials as well as efforts to improve the speed and efficiency of these trials.
In-House Research Programs
ALS Focus Survey Program
Through this program, which was developed by and for people living with ALS and their caregivers, we carry out scientifically rigorous research to learn as much as possible about individual experiences throughout the disease journey so the entire ALS community can benefit.
ALS Roundtable Program
ALS Roundtables bring together people living with ALS, caregivers, clinicians, academic investigators, industry partners, nonprofit leaders, and government officials to discuss challenges facing the community and recommend future actions to improve ALS care, advocacy, and research.
