SFARI

SFARI Investigators will give a number of presentations at Neuroscience 2019 in Chicago, IL (October 19–23).

SFARI is pleased to launch a new RFA that aims to provide researchers with the support needed to allocate time and personnel toward working with and publishing from previously collected data.

Three current and former SFARI Investigators and one member of SFARI’s Scientific Advisory Board are among the 276 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 11 grants in response to the Winter 2020 Pilot Award request for applications.

On January 8–9, 2024, SFARI welcomed researchers to its second annual meeting of the SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration (SSDC).

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Information about SFARI requests for applications in 2024, (2) Announcing the 2023 SFARI Bridge to Independence fellows, (3) Organoids offer new insights into forebrain neuron development in ASD, (4) New research clarifies connection between autism and the microbiome, (5) Simons Foundation Autism and Neuroscience Social at Neuroscience 2023, (6) SFARI Bridge to Independence Award — Request for applications.

This year’s new cohort of National Academy of Medicine members includes two investigators funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI). Election to the academy “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.”

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2018 Pilot and Research Awards - Request for Applications, (2) Whole-genome sequencing of the Simons Simplex Collection: New data release, (3) Simons Variation in Individuals Project (Simons VIP): New data release, (4) Newly redesigned SFARI website, (5) Newly redesigned SFARI Gene website, (6) SFARI's 2018 funding priorities, (7) 2018 Pilot and Research Award applications: The review process, (8) A Conversation with Sharmila Banerjee-Basu about SFARI Gene, (9) Upcoming lecture: David Ledbetter, “Leveraging long-term health data and exome sequencing for autism-related gene discovery”.

SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund three grants in response to the 2023 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science request for applications.

SFARI director Louis Reichardt will leave SFARI this coming October.