Funder: Autism Science Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $4,000 for at least eight weeks of summer research; $3,500 stipend and $500 direct costs
Summary: Supports undergraduates conducting mentored summer basic or clinical research scientifically linked to autism.
Key Information: Applicants must be enrolled undergraduates in good standing and cannot hold a BA or BS when the award starts.
Description
The Autism Science Foundation (ASF) supports highly qualified undergraduates pursuing summer basic and clinical research scientifically linked to autism. Eligible research spans behavior across the lifespan, neurobiology, pharmacology, neuropathology, genetics and genomics, epigenetics and epigenomics, immunology, molecular and cellular mechanisms, and model organisms and systems. Projects may also address treatment, service delivery, policy, and employment.
Priority is given to students from traditionally underrepresented groups and under-resourced communities, or to studies examining and narrowing diagnosis and service gaps across racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic groups. ASF also prioritizes students studying profound autism and encourages studies involving participants with profound autism. Research takes place in a university-based laboratory or in the field under a qualified mentor’s supervision.
