AFTD-ALS Association Digital Assessment Tools for FTD and ALS Awards

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and The ALS Association have launched the Digital Assessment Tools for FTD and ALS Awards to drive progress in collaborative digital tool development at the intersection of ALS and FTD.

This one-time funding opportunity will support projects seeking to refine, evaluate, adapt, or validate promising digital tools that have already undergone preliminary testing in humans, with a focus on aligning approaches across ALS and FTD.

Click here to download the full Request for Proposals.

Click here to access the AFTD ALS Digital Assessment Tools Submission Portal.

Award Details

  • Funding period: 2 years (January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2025)
  • Number of awards: Between 2-4 grants will be awarded based on the budgets of the top-ranked proposals.
  • Award amount: Budget requests between $150,000 to $400,000 will be considered depending on the stage of development and scope of the project. Applicants contemplating project budgets outside the specified range should contact AFTD to discuss prior to submission.

Grant applicants at academic or non-profit institutions may request up to 10% of the approved budget to be allocated to indirect costs.

Who can apply?

The AFTD-ALS Association Digital Assessment Tools for FTD and ALS Awards are open to investigators worldwide at:

  • Academic or other nonprofit research institutions
  • For-profit organizations such as biotechnology or digital technology companies
  • Other types of organizations may be eligible.
  • Collaborative arrangements, e.g., between academia and industry or ALS and FTD researchers, are encouraged.

Applications must include evidence of clinical or research expertise in both ALS and FTD. This expertise may be provided by one individual with dual expertise or any combination of the principal investigator, co-principal investigator, another member of the research team, and outside collaborator/advisors.

Postdoctoral researchers cannot apply as the lead PI but can be co-PIs on a project team.

AFTD and The ALS Association are committed to increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce and encourage applications by researchers from underrepresented or historically excluded populations.

Submission Deadline: July 28, 2023

All applications must be submitted via the AFTD online submission portal by 8:00 pm ET on July 28 to be considered for funding.

Click here to access PDF of instructions on how to submit an application.

Click here to download the full Request for Proposals.

Click here to access the AFTD ALS Digital Assessment Tools Submission Portal.

Contacts

You are welcome to contact us to discuss your proposed project prior to submission or for answers to questions about eligibility, the submission process, or the online portal.

For questions on the application process or submission portal, contact:

Samantha DeMarco
AFTD Administrative Assistant, Research
Phone: 484-584-0018, x 8910
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

For scientific inquiries, contact:

Debra Niehoff, PhD
AFTD Director of Research and Grants
Phone: 267-758-8654
Email: [email protected], [email protected]