Simons Foundation | SFARI 2022 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science Grants
Event details
| Date | 25.04.2022 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The mission of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by funding innovative research of the highest quality and relevance. Grants awarded through the Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science RFA are intended to produce foundational knowledge about the neurobehavioral differences associated with ASD, which will directly inform the development or refinement of tools needed for translational efforts, such as biomarkers and outcome measures. Special emphasis is placed on objective, quantitative measures that may be used in conjunction with standardized clinical measures and genomic information to better triangulate phenotypic and neurobiological variability within and across individuals with ASD.
To enhance support of projects all along the continuum of translation, SFARI now offers two tracks within this RFA solicitation:
Duration: Explorer track – 24 months
Expansion track – 36 months
Funding: Explorer track – $500,000
Expansion track – $900’000
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. Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions, such as colleges, universities, hospitals, laboratories, and units of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government. There are no citizenship or country requirements.
How to Apply: All interested grant applicants must submit their applications online through proposalCENTRAL. To begin, log in as an applicant, navigate to the grant opportunities tab, select Simons Foundation from the ’Filter by Grant Maker’ drop-down list. You will then see the list of current Simons Foundation grant opportunities and will be able to select 2021 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science Grants.
If EPFL will serve as your host institution, please use the following institution name in proposalCENTRAL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL. A signature page is required for this submission; contact the Research Office for the institutional signature as early as possible.
Deadline: 25 April 2022
Further information
To enhance support of projects all along the continuum of translation, SFARI now offers two tracks within this RFA solicitation:
- The Explorer track is appropriate for early-stage projects where establishing feasibility and proof-of-concept are the most relevant outcomes of the grant period.
- The Expansion track is appropriate for more mature projects with evidence of feasibility and preliminary validity, for which goals such as scalability, generalizability and/or ecological validity are now the most relevant translational outcomes.
Duration: Explorer track – 24 months
Expansion track – 36 months
Funding: Explorer track – $500,000
Expansion track – $900’000
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. Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions, such as colleges, universities, hospitals, laboratories, and units of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government. There are no citizenship or country requirements.
How to Apply: All interested grant applicants must submit their applications online through proposalCENTRAL. To begin, log in as an applicant, navigate to the grant opportunities tab, select Simons Foundation from the ’Filter by Grant Maker’ drop-down list. You will then see the list of current Simons Foundation grant opportunities and will be able to select 2021 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science Grants.
If EPFL will serve as your host institution, please use the following institution name in proposalCENTRAL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL. A signature page is required for this submission; contact the Research Office for the institutional signature as early as possible.
Deadline: 25 April 2022
Further information
- More information about the program is available here.
- Consider attending the information session on 25 February. Register here.
- The application portal proposalCENTRAL can be found here.
- For any other questions, or to complete the signature page, please contact the Research Office.
Practical information
- General public
- Free