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Request for Applications:  2013 Pre- and Post-doctoral Training Awards
 

RFA Released: August 16, 2012
Applications Due: November 16, 2012

ASF is inviting applications for Pre- and Post-doctoral Training Awards from graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing careers in basic and clinical research relevant to autism spectrum disorders. In the past three years, ASF has funded over $700,000 in pre- and post-doctoral grants.

The proposed training must be scientifically linked to autism. ASF will consider for training purposes all areas of related basic and clinical research including but not limited to:

• Human behavior across the lifespan (language, learning, communication, social function, epilepsy, sleep, repetitive disorders)
• Neurobiology (anatomy, development, neuro-imaging)
• Pharmacology
• Neuropathology
• Human genetics/genomics
• Immunology
• Molecular and cellular mechanisms
• Studies employing model organisms and systems
• Studies of treatment and service delivery

Click here to view the RFA for the 2013 Pre- and Post-doctoral Training Awards