Announcement of Budget Reductions for Continuation Years of Autism Speaks Research Grants
In view of the serious challenges that the economy is facing, Autism Speaks made the difficult decision to institute budget reductions of 15% for all grant payments in FY2009. This includes most of the grants awarded in December 2008 as well continuation budgets for grants originally awarded prior to December 2008. Thus, if your second- or subsequent budget year commences in 2009, a 15% reduction will apply and you will be asked to submit a modified budget for the remaining years before the continuation award will be activated. Please note that Pilot and Fellowship grants are not subject to this reduction. These changes were instituted to continue funding as many research projects as possible and we regret any difficulty that you may encounter because of the reduced budget.