Open Grants and How to Apply

Current Announcements

Request for Applications: Basic & Clinical Research

Autism Speaks invites grant applications in all areas of basic and clinical research that will advance its biomedical and behavioral research mission, including but not limited to: human behavior (language, communication, social interaction) neurosciences (anatomy, pathology, development, imaging, cognition), human genetics/genomics, immunology, endocrinology, molecular and cellular mechanisms; and studies employing model organisms.

Deadline for letters of intent is January 16, 2009 at 11:59 PM (EST).

Click here to read the full RFA, including instructions on how to apply.


Request for Applications: Treatment Research

Autism Speaks invites grant applications to conduct clinical studies of evidence-based therapies and novel treatment approaches for children and adults with ASD. These may include complementary and alternative forms of health care; pharmacological and/or behavioral treatments; and evaluation of the efficacy, safety or therapeutic benefits of interventions.

Deadline for letters of intent is December 1, 2008 at 11:59 PM (EST).

Click here to read the full RFA, including instructions on how to apply.


Request for Applications: Treatments for Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children and Adolescents with ASD

Autism Speaks invites applications for pilot grants to conduct research on treatments for GI dysfunction in children and adolescents with autism. These proposals will be reviewed by a committee with expertise in pharmacology, clinical trials research, gastroenterology and clinical science.

Deadline for applications is December 8, 2008 at 11:59 pm EST (Note new deadline).

Click here to read the full RFA, including instructions on how to apply.

Apply Online:

All proposals must be submitted online via Autism Speaks grants administration site (http://grants.autismspeaks.org/research/login.asp) Through its various user-friendly features, applicants and corresponding host institutions can also monitor the status of their applications and interact with the Autism Speaks grant administration staff. For more details and instructions, please see the links below, as well as our Online Grant Administration System Help.

Electronic submissions are mandatory. No paper or e-mailed applications will be accepted for upload. For any related inquiries, please contact us at:

Joan L. New, Grants Assistant
Autism Speaks
1060 State Road, 2nd Floor
Princeton, NJ 08540

Phone: (609) 228-7313 | Fax: (609) 430-9163 | jnew@autismspeaks.org