Autism Speaks, Science, Sponsored Programs, Autism Speaks Announces $10 Million in New Biomedical Research Grants

Autism Speaks funded 61 new biomedical research projects at a total value of approximately $10 million in December 2006. The awards covered a broad spectrum of autism sciences, including cognitive/motor processing, diagnosis, epidemiology, genetics, language and communication, neurobiology, neuroimaging, immunology, neuropathology and treatment.

Three categories of grants were funded:

The “Autism Speaks Mentor-based Fellowship Awards in Autism Research" category was allocated $2,996,000 to support 43 training programs (click here for more)
The “Augmentation and Bridge Awards" category was allocated $897,572 in total to support 11 projects (click here for more)
The “Awards in Response to the Early Treatment & Intervention RFA" category was allocated $6,103,057 to support 7 projects (click here for more)

All grant applications were reviewed and approved by the Autism Speaks Scientific Advisory Board together with a group of panel reviewers. Final recommendations were presented to and approved by the Autism Speaks Board of Directors on Dec. 7, 2006.

For more information about Autism Speaks' research program, click here. Or learn more about our scientific mission here.