NIH Grants: Fund Your Autism Research Up to $57M
Summary
Are you a researcher focused on understanding the diverse nature of Autism Spectrum Disorders? This grant provides substantial funding for projects exploring measurement, biomarkers, genetics, environmental factors, and interventions.
Eligibility
Full Description
Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, solicits applications for the following topic areas relevant to research on the heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Measurement development, Biomarkers/biological signatures, Immune and central nervous systems interactions, Genetics/genomics, Environmental Risk Factors, Model development, Treatment and intervention, and Services research. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Collaborative Research Project Grant (Collaborative R01) award mechanism and runs in parallel with the following FOAs of essentially identical scientific scope: 1) RFA-MH-09-170, which solicits applications under the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism; 2) RFA-MH-09-172, which solicits applications under the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) award mechanism; and 3) RFA-MH-09-173, which solicits applications under the NIH Clinical Exploratory/Developmental Research (R34/Collaborative R34) award mechanism.
The R21 mechanism would be used for projects that propose research in the exploratory or preliminary phases. The R34 mechanism would be used for early phases of treatment development. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The NIH intends to commit approximately $57,000,000 to fund between 40-50 grants in response to this FOA and the companion announcements.