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SUMMARY:[ Simons Foundation  -  SFARI Autism BrainNet collection RFA | Res
 earch Funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220110
DTSTAMP:20260609T210830Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: The mission of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Init
 iative (SFARI) is to improve the understanding\, diagnosis and treatment o
 f autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by funding innovative research of the hi
 ghest quality and relevance. Grants awarded through this request for appli
 cations (RFA) are intended to advance the understanding of ASD through ana
 lyses of human postmortem brain tissue donated to the Autism BrainNet coll
 ection.\n\nThis RFA invites individual and collaborative applications that
  study and compare gene expression at the tissue and single-cell level. Su
 ch analyses could also include alternative splicing/isoform analysis\, RNA
  editing\, noncoding RNAs\, epigenetic modifications and/or proteomics. It
  also welcomes studies of cellular neuroanatomy and immunohistochemical re
 search on identified transmitter systems. For all studies\, there is a non
 exclusive emphasis on the cortex.\n\nPriority will be given to those effor
 ts that will lead to the most comprehensive characterization of the tissue
  and generate large shareable data sets. Consideration will also be given 
 to those proposals making use of both the frozen and fixed tissue\, prefer
 ably from the same donor\, with attention given to the ways in which these
  data sets can be harmonized to facilitate sharing.\n\nDuration:      
 24 months\n\nFunding:       max. $1’000’000\n\nEligibility: All 
 applicants and key collaborators must hold a Ph.D.\, M.D. or equivalent de
 gree and have a faculty position or the equivalent at a college\, universi
 ty\, medical school or other research facility. Applications may be submit
 ted by domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations\; public and private i
 nstitutions\, such as colleges\, universities\, hospitals\, laboratories\,
  units of state and local government\, and eligible agencies of the federa
 l government. There are no citizenship or country requirements.\n\nHow to 
 Apply:\, The Simons Foundation uses an electronic grants submission proces
 s. All interested grant applicants must submit their applications online t
 hrough proposalCENTRAL. To begin\, log in as an applicant\, navigate to th
 e grant opportunities tab\, select Simons Foundation from the ’Filter by
  Grant Maker’ drop-down list. You will then see the list of current Simo
 ns Foundation grant opportunities and will be able to select the Autism Br
 ainNet program.\nIf EPFL will serve as your host institution\, please use 
 the following institution name in proposalCENTRAL: Ecole Polytechnique Fé
 dérale de Lausanne EPFL. A signature page is required for this submission
 \; contact the Research Office for the institutional signature as early as
  possible. The budget should be formulated to include 20% overheads\; plea
 se contact the Research Office with any budget questions.\n\nApplication D
 eadline: 10 January 2022\, 5:00 pm EST\n\nFurther information\n\n	More inf
 ormation about the program is available here.\n	The application portal pro
 posalCENTRAL can be found here.\n	For any other questions\, or to complete
  the signature page\, please contact the Research Office.\n
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