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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): 26 NIH awards ($34M) to 19 organizations
26 NIH awards ($34M) in the NIH spending category Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), to 19 organizations, read 2026-11-03. NIH fiscal years 2021 to 2025.
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Awards
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| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMCC for ME/CFS: Recompete 2022 + CDE Admin Supplement | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2021 to 2025 | $4,108,200 | September 25, 2017 | May 31, 2028 | CARNES, MEGAN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Maintenance and Incidence of ME/CFS following Mono | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2021 to 2024 | $3,284,564 | January 1, 2020 | November 30, 2025 | JASON, LEONARD A | reporter.nih.gov |
| A Cardiovascular Analysis of Post-exertional Malaise. | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2021 to 2024 | $2,609,705 | May 1, 2021 | February 28, 2026 | NATELSON, BENJAMIN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Altered T Cell Responses in Myalgic Enchephalomeylitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 to 2025 | $2,446,878 | March 8, 2021 | February 28, 2027 | SELIN, LIISA KAARINA | reporter.nih.gov |
| Center for Solutions for ME/CFS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 to 2022 | $2,443,290 | September 22, 2017 | August 31, 2024 | LIPKIN, W. IAN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Mechanistic Assessment of N-Acetylcysteine as an Antioxidant Therapy for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Through Dose Response and Treatment Target Engagement | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2021 to 2025 | $2,274,092 | July 15, 2020 | April 30, 2027 | SHUNGU, DIKOMA C | reporter.nih.gov |
| Human Herpesvirus 6B in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome pathogenesis: temporal analysis of viral reactivation and immunity to elucidate cause vs effect | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2022 to 2025 | $2,078,193 | September 9, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | CLIFF, JACKIE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Stress effects on virus protein induced inflammation and sickness behavior | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 to 2024 | $2,049,448 | April 15, 2010 | June 30, 2026 | ARIZA, MARIA-EUGENIA | reporter.nih.gov |
| Long COVID as a putative subtype of chronic fatigue syndrome | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2022 to 2025 | $1,837,410 | August 18, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | SAXENA, RICHA | reporter.nih.gov |
| Molecular and single-cell immunology of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 to 2022 | $1,433,385 | June 15, 2018 | May 31, 2024 | DAVIS, RONALD WAYNE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Mechanisms of Cognitive Control Impairment in ME/CFS and PASC-ME/CFS | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2023 to 2025 | $1,430,688 | September 1, 2023 | July 31, 2028 | ERYILMAZ, H HAMDI | reporter.nih.gov |
| Measuring neuroinflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome with whole-brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2021 to 2023 | $1,379,796 | July 1, 2019 | March 31, 2025 | YOUNGER, JARRED W. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Cerebral Energy Metabolism in ME/CFS with and without PASC | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2024 to 2025 | $1,308,958 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2029 | XU, XIANG | reporter.nih.gov |
| Evaluating the Epidemiology and Determinants of Neurologic Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2022 to 2025 | $753,698 | August 16, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | PURPURA, LAWRENCE JAMES | reporter.nih.gov |
| Proteomic identification of Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2021 to 2022 | $604,257 | December 1, 2021 | August 31, 2022 | NATELSON, BENJAMIN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Structural and Metabolic Neuroimaging of ME/CFS Occurring with and without COVID-19 Infection | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2022 to 2023 | $464,750 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2025 | XU, XIANG | reporter.nih.gov |
| Correlating neutrophil function and plasma cytokine profiles with progression of ME/CFS and Long-Covid/PASC | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2023 to 2024 | $462,000 | December 5, 2022 | November 30, 2025 | ELLETT, FELIX | reporter.nih.gov |
| ATG13: A new player in ME/CFS | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2023 to 2024 | $450,000 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2025 | ROY, AVIK | reporter.nih.gov |
| Mechanophenotyping RBC subpopulations in ME/CFS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | 2025 | $432,431 | January 15, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | RAMASUBRAMANIAN, ANAND K | reporter.nih.gov |
| Imaging inflammation in the whole body and brain of ME/CFS patients | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2021 to 2022 | $431,651 | December 15, 2020 | November 30, 2022 | JAMES, MICHELLE LOUISE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Develop a novel red blood cell-based microfluidic approach to assess and diagnose ME/CFS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2024 to 2025 | $407,024 | December 1, 2023 | October 31, 2026 | WAN, JIANDI | reporter.nih.gov |
| Development of humanized microbiota mouse models of ME/CFS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2024 to 2025 | $400,950 | May 7, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | LOMBARDI, VINCENT C | reporter.nih.gov |
| Transcriptional profiling of proliferative skeletal muscle mononucleated cells coupled with broadband electrical cytometry towards diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2024 | $390,178 | September 4, 2024 | August 31, 2026 | CHENG, XUANHONG | reporter.nih.gov |
| Endogenous retrovirus analyses in myalgic encephalomyelitis | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 to 2022 | $240,821 | January 19, 2021 | June 30, 2023 | LI, DAWEI | reporter.nih.gov |
| MSC exosomes as probes for ME/CSF immune cell dysfunction | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2025 | $224,070 | December 1, 2024 | November 30, 2026 | BELJANSKI, VLADIMIR | reporter.nih.gov |
| Viral Infection and Inflammation Workshop 2024 | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2024 | $7,000 | July 17, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | KURITZKES, DANIEL R. | reporter.nih.gov |
Organizations
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | $5,710,647 | 0 | $0 |
| 2024 | 16 | $6,474,844 | 0 | $0 |
| 2023 | 14 | $6,917,381 | 0 | $0 |
| 2022 | 16 | $6,621,252 | 0 | $0 |
| 2021 | 12 | $8,229,313 | 0 | $0 |
Open federal funding opportunities
From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.
Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.