Simons Foundation Autism & Neuroscience Conferences and Courses Awards
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Simons Foundation Autism & Neuroscience Conferences and Courses Awards support event organizers with funding for scientific conferences and courses that advance autism and neuroscience research.
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Funder: Simons Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (LOI) | July 2027 (Full proposal, finalists only)
Funding Amounts: Request-based funding for up to three consecutive years; requests of $25,000 per year or more require strong justification
Summary: Supports scientific conferences and courses advancing autism research, healthy cognitive aging, ecological neuroscience, and systems and computational neuroscience.
Key Information: Conferences and courses must have an open application or registration process.
Description
The Simons Foundation’s Autism & Neuroscience division supports scientific conferences and courses, prioritizing events aligned with four initiatives: the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB), the Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE), and the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB). Their missions cover the basic science of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders, healthy cognitive aging, how interaction with the world shapes brain and mind representations, and systems and computational neuroscience.
Supported events provide an environment for exchanging scientific ideas and knowledge under high ethical, professional, and legal standards. Applicants may also explain how their event location enables access for populations or geographies where neuroscience conferences and courses have been less numerous. Online courses are eligible.
