Autism Speaks, the nearly 3-year-old advocacy organization that advocates for research and awareness of Autism, announced that it has awarded nearly $5 million for research to investigate the causes, biology, diagnosis, and treatment of Autism. According to Peter Bell, an executive vice president of Autism Speaks, “These grants will fund research projects that offer innovative and rigorous approaches to providing urgently needed answers about autism.”
Most of the new grants awarded in this review cycle are training grants structured to educate and encourage new scientists to take up autism research. The Mentor Based Fellowships (MBF) help train young scientists for careers in autism research, while the Physician Investigator Beginning Autism Research (PIBAR) awards fund the salaries of physicians who wish to undertake autism research and thereby contribute their clinical perspective. Two other grant types, Augmentation grants and Opportunity grants, expand the scope of research projects already underway by senior scientists.
Link to the press release from Autism Speaks. Review the research projects that Autism Speaks has funded.
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