Simons Searchlight, a program of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), announces the release of new de-identified participant data available to qualified researchers. This release includes data from more than 7,500 individuals, including 136 single-gene variants and 19 copy-number variants (CNVs) associated with autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.

These workshops seek to support research that applies emerging genomic technologies and artificial intelligence approaches to develop a more comprehensive understanding of autism’s genetic architecture.

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2026 class of its Fellows-to-Faculty program.

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative held its annual investigator meeting on March 16-18, 2026, in New York City.

SFARI plans to support 17 meetings organized by patient advocacy groups within the Simons Searchlight community.

The Kavli Foundation announced today that Kelsey Martin, the Simons Foundation’s executive vice president of autism and neuroscience, will receive the prestigious Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.

On January 22–23, 2026, SFARI held a workshop to explore advanced quantitative phenotyping methods for capturing visible behaviors, including motor phenotypes.

SFARI is funding 16 projects through its 2025 Data Analysis awards. This award is designed to encourage the use of large, publicly available data resources by providing investigators with the support needed to allocate time and personnel toward working in and publishing from these previously collected data.

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce a new data release from Simons Searchlight aimed at improving the scientific understanding of autism.