Seed Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Other requirements
- _ You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.als.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/2024%20Seed%20Grant%20RFA.pdf).
Overview
Seed Grants
Seed Grants provide initial support for projects from across the spectrum of ALS research. These 1-year awards worth up to $50,000 were designed to fund one or two critical experiments intended to gather preliminary data that will serve as the basis for larger grants. As such, Seed Grant applicants do not need to have preliminary data in hand but should instead demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of both why the experiments proposed for funding are the key experiments in the short term and how the results can be leveraged to secure follow-on funding in the longer term.
Applications from early career investigators in ALS and investigators from outside the field of ALS are encouraged.
Eligibility
_ You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
What Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 185
- Total given
- $11.87M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $5,126–$652K
- By dollars: Florida 22%, California 12%, Minnesota 9%. Top recipient cities: Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; New York, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 19% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
University of Miami · Miami, FL
Bitner plante quarterly grant fy25
$652K
University Medical Service Association Inc · Orlando, FL
Bitner plante quarterly grant fy25
$551K
Mayo Clinic Florida · Rochester, MN
Bitner plante quarterly grant fy25
$426K
American Brain Foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Clinical scientist development award/clinical research training fellowship/shelia…
$323K
Asha Therapeutics · Tampa, FL
Drug development contract
$250K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
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