This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2017 Explorer awardees announced, (2) SFARI 2017 Bridge to Independence Award finalists announced, (3) A Conversation with SFARI investigator David Ginty, (4) SFARI Explorer Awards - Request for Applications, (5) SFARI-Funded publications, (6) Past lecture: Daniel Geschwind, “Autism genetics: Searching for coherence”.

SPARK (Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge) is pleased to announce that whole-exome sequencing (WES) and genotyping data are available for 1,369 and 1,398 individuals, respectively.