[ SIMONS FOUNDATION Autism Research Initiative, Request for Applications | Research funding ]
Event details
| Date | 12.03.2021 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The Simons Foundation’s Autism Research Initiative invites applications for “Maternal COVID-19 as a potential risk for autism: Supplemental funding for ongoing pregnancy cohorts” (Maternal COVID-19 RFA). The Maternal COVID-19 RFA aims to facilitate research on the mechanisms of gestational infection and inflammation on autism risk in children. Grants awarded through this RFA will supplement existing funding from other agencies for ongoing COVID-19 pregnancy cohorts, with the goal to broaden biospecimen collection and to extend postnatal family tracking
Duration: 3 years
Funding: max $250’000 for projects at single site
max $400’000 for projects at multiple sites
Eligibility: All applicants and key collaborators must hold a Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or the equivalent at a college, university, medical school or other research facility. In addition, eligible applicants must have independent lab space at their institution. Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions, such as colleges, universities, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government. There are no citizenship or country requirements
How to Apply: Applications are submitted through the online application portal proposalCENTRAL. Find more instructions on How to Apply here.
Note: On proposalCENTRAL, you will be prompted to enter details for the Host Institution and its Officials. If EPFL will serve as your host institution, please enter details exactly as below:
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
Signing Official : Caroline Vandevyver
Financial Officer : Steven Miller
Deadline: March 12, 2021
Further information
Duration: 3 years
Funding: max $250’000 for projects at single site
max $400’000 for projects at multiple sites
Eligibility: All applicants and key collaborators must hold a Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or the equivalent at a college, university, medical school or other research facility. In addition, eligible applicants must have independent lab space at their institution. Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions, such as colleges, universities, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government. There are no citizenship or country requirements
How to Apply: Applications are submitted through the online application portal proposalCENTRAL. Find more instructions on How to Apply here.
Note: On proposalCENTRAL, you will be prompted to enter details for the Host Institution and its Officials. If EPFL will serve as your host institution, please enter details exactly as below:
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
Signing Official : Caroline Vandevyver
Financial Officer : Steven Miller
Deadline: March 12, 2021
Further information
- More information about the program is available here.
- The application portal proposalCENTRAL can be found here.
- For help with the Signature Page, or for any other questions, please contact the Research Office.
Practical information
- General public
- Free