Request for Applications: Autism Speaks Family Service Community Grants 2014
All applicants must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI). LOIs will be accepted on a rolling basis through our online grant system from February 19 through March 28, 2014. Autism Speaks seeks to directly support the innovative work of autism service providers in communities across the United States. The focus of our Family Services Community Grants is three-fold: to promote autism services that enhance the lives of those affected by autism; to expand the capacity to effectively serve this growing community; and to increase the field of service providers. Autism Speaks seeks to focus on building capacity and accumulatin...
Source: ScanGrants feed - March 3, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Autism Speaks Source Type: funding
Call for Nominations: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Distinguished Member Awards
Deadline: April 30, 2014 The availability of all awards is contingent upon the receipt of adequate funding. The AACAP Irving Philips Award for Prevention This award recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist and AACAP member who has made significant contributions in a lifetime career or single seminal work to the prevention of mental illness in children and adolescents. These contributions must have national and/or international stature and clearly demonstrate lasting effects. The contributions may be in the areas of teaching, research, program development, direct clinical service, advocacy or administ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - January 22, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: funding
Kessler Foundation Signature Employment Grants
Kessler Foundation awards Signature Employment Grants yearly to support non-traditional solutions and/or social ventures that increase employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Our success is in stimulating ideas from the field that spark new models that are adaptable to replication and scalability. Kessler Foundation’s flexible funding dollars encourage organizations to pursue promising approaches and concepts beyond what they might have done without our support. What We Fund Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects o...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 23, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Kessler Foundation Source Type: funding
Call for Submissions: American Society of Human Genetics 9th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) invites you to participate in the 9th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest! The contest is open to students in grades 9-12. The contest aims to challenge students to examine, question, and reflect on important concepts in genetics. Essays are expected to contain substantive, well-reasoned arguments indicative of a depth of understanding of the concepts related to the essay question. Essays are read and evaluated by several independent judges through three rounds of scoring. Prizes 1st Place Winner: $1,000 + $1,000 genetics materials grant for teacher 2nd Place Winn...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 2, 2013 Category: Research Authors: American Society of Human Genetics Source Type: funding
Request for Applications: Innate Immune System Impact
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) seeks to improve the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders by funding innovative research of the highest quality and relevance. Objective of the Innate Immune System Impact Award Grants awarded through this Request for Applications (RFA) are intended to advance our understanding of the impact of activation of the innate immune system on behavioral, circuit, synaptic and neuronal functions in order to understand the consequences of infection and immune activation on autism-related behaviors. To this end, we seek applications for investi...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 4, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Source Type: funding
Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan (ServASD): Research on Early Identification and Linkage to Services for ASD (R01)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-14-100 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.242Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the I...
Source: Grants.gov - October 23, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding
Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorders across the Lifespan (ServASD): Pilot Studies of Services Strategies for Adults with ASD (R34)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-14-102 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.242Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the I...
Source: Grants.gov - October 23, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding
Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan (ServASD): Pilot Research on Services for Transition-Age Youth (R34)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-14-101 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.242Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the I...
Source: Grants.gov - October 23, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding
Request for Appplications: Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative 2014 Pilot and Research Award
The mission of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders by funding innovative research of the highest quality and relevance. To this end, we solicit applications for SFARI Awards from individuals who will conduct bold, imaginative, rigorous and relevant research. Objective of the SFARI Awards We seek applications from independent investigators who can devote a substantial portion of time to this effort. While we will not require a minimum Principal Investigator (PI) effort, we expect the PI to commit to a level of effort...
Source: ScanGrants feed - September 17, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Source Type: funding
Autism Speaks Dennis Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship Program 2014 Request for Applications
Deadlines: Letter of Intent due on or before: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 8:00 p.m. (EST) Letters of recommendation due on or before: Thursday, November 20, 2013 by 8:00 pm (EST) Application due on or before: Thursday, November 13, 2013, 8:00 p.m. (EST) Autism Speaks is pleased to announce the sixth year of the Dennis Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowships. We invite applications from predoctoral students who aim to pursue careers in autism research. The Fellows will work with mentors who are leading scientists in autism research. This program supports the growth of a promising new group of young scienti...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 14, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Autism Speaks Source Type: funding
Autism Speaks Meixner Postdoctoral Fellowship in Translational Research 2014 Request for Applications
Deadlines: Letter of Intent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 8:00 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time) Application: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 by 8:00 pm (ET) Letters of recommendation: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 by 8:00 pm (ET) Autism Speaks is pleased to announce the open application period for the newly named Meixner Postdoctoral Fellowships in Translational Research. This newly named fellowship is designed to support well-qualified postdoctoral scientists in pursuing training and research in the field of translational autism science. Successful applicants will detail a project that bridges basic laboratory res...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 14, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Autism Speaks Source Type: funding
Jerome Lejeune Foundation Grants Program
The Jerome Lejeune Foundation is the world’s oldest and largest private funder of research into treatments for intellectual disabilities of genetic origin, especially, but not limited to, Down syndrome. The Foundation’s specific research interest is to discover a means of treating genetic intellectual disabilities in order to improve the memory, speech, and cognition of patients. Researchers who are working in basic or applied science and who have genetic intellectual disabilities (Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Cri-du-Chat syndrome, rare chromosomal anomalies, Rett syndrome, Williams Beuren,...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 12, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Jerome Lejeune Foundation Source Type: funding
Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan (ServASD): Pilot Research on Services for Transition-Age Youth (R34)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-14-101 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.242Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the I...
Source: Grants.gov - June 3, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding
Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan (ServASD): Research on Early Identification and Linkage to Services for ASD (R01)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-14-100 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.242Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the I...
Source: Grants.gov - June 3, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding
Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorders across the Lifespan (ServASD): Pilot Studies of Services Strategies for Adults with ASD (R34)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-14-102 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.242Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the I...
Source: Grants.gov - June 3, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding
