SFARI’s requests for grant applications (RFAs) will be undergoing a number of changes in 2021. These changes include the introduction of the new Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science RFA, a single call for Pilot Awards, the suspension of the Research Award RFA and the launch of several targeted funding initiatives.
Plans are underway to perform whole-genome sequencing of the entire Simons Simplex Collection (SSC). Genomes from 553 families (2,174 genomes) have been sequenced and are available to approved researchers with no publication embargo restrictions. An additional 619 families (2,476 genomes) are currently being sequenced and are expected to be available in the fall of 2016. A four-month publication embargo will apply to that batch of samples. Sequencing of the entire collection is expected to be completed by late 2017.
SFARI is pleased to announce that it has selected six finalists in response to the Bridge to Independence Award request for applications. This new awards program is intended to invest in the next generation of top autism investigators by identifying talented early-career scientists and facilitating their transition to an independent research career.
In this blog, Alice Luo Clayton assesses the first five years of the SFARI Bridge to Independence Award program, the impact the award has had on the fellows’ careers and the directions in which the program is moving forward.
This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2015 Pilot and Research awardees announced, (2) Autism BrainNet and NIH NeuroBioBank partner to advance autism research, (3) SFARI Explorer Awards RFA.
This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI announces Novel Outcome Measures for ASD Clinical Trials awardees, (2) SFARI-funded publications.
This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI announces Bridge to Independence Award finalists, (2) Exome sequencing data from the Simons Simplex Collection now available online, (3) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (4) Upcoming lecture: Catherine Monk, “Development begins before birth: Prenatal research relevant to autism”.
This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI announces Functional Screen of Autism-Associated Variants awardees, (2) SFARI Blog: Making sense out of missense mutations.
Sharmila Banerjee-Basu, founder and president of Mindspec Inc., and Alan Packer, associate director for research at SFARI, have published an article describing a new SFARI Gene module in the community news section of the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms.
