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Grant Type	Year	Title	Investigator/Fellow	Institution	Award Type	Fund Amount
	2010	Epidemiological Study of Pervasive Developmental Disorders in Mexico Project Description Surveys of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are important to estimate the proportion of children in a population who are suffering from this serious developmental... Learn More »	Fombonne, Eric	McGill University	Pilot	$120,000
	2010	Genetic variation and gene-environment influences in autistic-like traits Project Description Deficits in social behaviour and social communication, two core symptoms that define autism spectrum disorders, can also be observed in unaffected people but in a milder... Learn More »	St Pourcain, Beate	University of Bristol	Pilot	$119,744
	2010	Peer-mediated Social Skills Training for High School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Project Description This Pilot study addresses the evaluation of a novel treatment for high school students with ASD and intellectual disabilities (ID). Despite the fact that core symptoms... Learn More »	Bambara, Linda	Lehigh University	Pilot	$119,998
	2010	Epigenetics and the Oxytocin Pathway Project Description Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are first seen in early life and may be in part based on genetic vulnerability. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has been recently... Learn More »	Connelly, Jessica	University of Virginia	Pilot	$120,000
	2010	Regulation of neuronal translation in Autism Spectrum Disorders Project Description Proteins catalyze most of the reactions in the cell on which life depends as they serve numerous functions, including enzymes, structure, energy production and many... Learn More »	Sonenberg, Nahum	McGill University	Pilot	$120,000
	2010	The role of neuroinflammation in ASD-related behaviors, hyper-excitability and epilepsy Project Description The biological basis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is poorly understood, but research strongly suggests that, aside from genetic predisposition, the body's immune... Learn More »	Barth, Daniel	University of Colorado, Boulder	Pilot	$118,120
	2010	Regulation of mGluR signaling by lipid domains in Fragile X Syndrome Project Description Autism is a complex heritable neurodevelopmental disorder, likely involving interaction between the environment and genetic factors, some of which have been identified.... Learn More »	Francesconi, Anna	Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University	Pilot	$120,000
	2010	Patterns and Environmental Predictors of Employment and Independence among Adults with ASD Project Description Since the early 1990's, the number of children diagnosed with ASD has risen rapidly and many of these children are now exiting high school. Without services and supports... Learn More »	Taylor, Julie	Vanderbilt University	Pilot	$114,124
	2010	Functional Outcome Factors in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders Project Description The natural progression of autism into adulthood is an important but poorly understood topic. This is a comprehensive study of clinical and functional outcome factors in... Learn More »	Farley, Megan	University of Utah	Pilot	$118,098
	2010	Glia Pathology in Autism Project Description It is inherently difficult to devise targeted treatment for autism when little is known about how the brain is different in individuals with autism versus neurotypical... Learn More »	Ordway, Gregory	East Tennessee State University	Pilot	$119,663