Organization Overview
The Simons Foundation’s mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences.
SFARI offers grant programs to support bold, imaginative and rigorous research relevant to its mission. Standing Request for Application (RFA) programs include Pilot Awards, as well as Bridge to Independence Awards. Additional funding mechanisms include the Collaborations, which support multidisciplinary teams of investigators tackling critical issues in the autism research field, and Targeted RFAs, which are offered on an ad-hoc basis. To help increase diversity and fight inequity in autism research, SFARI also offers a Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED) Award.
To help bring new researchers in the field, lower barriers of entry and drive research, SFARI has created and maintains several resources for autism scientists. These resources include autism cohorts such as SPARK, Simons Searchlight and the Simons Simplex Collection, animal and cell models of autism, as well as a repository of postmortem brains from donors with and without autism, and related neurodevelopmental conditions. The editorially independent, online magazine Spectrum provides comprehensive news and analysis of advances in autism research. For more information on SFARI, please visit SFARI.org.
