Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/research/grants/open_grants_how_to_apply.php
Sponsor/Award: Autism Speaks - BASIC & CLINICAL RESEARCH - 2011 WINTER COMPETITION - LETTER OF INTENT

Grant Amount: $150K PA FOR UP TO 3 YEARS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Mar 08, 2011
Sponsor's: Mar 15, 2011

Subject Areas: Health of Underserved Populations, Diagnostics And Early Detection, Gene-environment Interaction, Molecular Mechanisms, Pathophysiology, Quality Of Life, Drug Discovery, Animal Model, Neurobiology, Neuroimaging, Risk Factors, Biomarkers, Immunology, Cellular Mechanisms, Genetic Risk Assessment, Environmental Risk Factors, Synaptic Function, Diagnosis in Adults, Pilot Prevalence Studies
Description:

Autism Speaks invites grant applications to conduct innovative basic or clinical biomedical research into the causes, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Autism Speaks supports all areas of basic and clinical research that will advance its biomedical research mission, including but not limited to: human behavior (language, communication, social interaction), neurobiology (anatomy, development, neuroimaging), neurocognition, neuropathology, neurotoxicology, human genetics/genomics, immunology, endocrinology, molecular and cellular mechanisms, and studies employing model organisms.

The applicant must apply through the Autism Speaks Grants Administration website at http://grants.autismspeaks.org/research/login.asp. Each new applicant/investigator must first register with the grants system at http://grants.autismspeaks.org/research/signup_form.asp. Please be sure to choose the role "Investigator". Please fill out the form completely.

Application Details:

Investigators holding full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty appointments or equivalent fulltime non-tenure track appointments at accredited academic, medical or research institutions are eligible to apply.

The relevance of the proposed research to ASD and Autism Speaks? research priority areas must be explicitly described in the Letter of Intent (LOI) and full application. For more information on the 2011 research priority areas, please see the agency guidelines. Applications must be submitted electronically using the Autism Speaks Online Grant Administration System. Applications that are late, incomplete, exceed the document limitations, or do not adhere to the required format will not be reviewed. Applications that are faxed or emailed will also not be reviewed.

INDIRECT COSTS OF 10% MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT BUDGET

NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline.
Western Contacts: Pocock,Katy
Russelo,Theresa M

Sponsor Contacts:

ANITA.SOSTEK@AUTISMSPEAKS.ORG
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