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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Nicholas Marmor
<<a href="mailto:nmarmor@mit.edu">nmarmor@mit.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, August 22,
2014 at 11:42 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Call for
Applications: Autism Science Foundation's Training Awards<br>
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<p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal">From the
Office of Foundation Relations </p>
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will find information on a call for applications
from the Autism Science Foundation.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal">Please
forward to anyone who might be interested. </p>
<p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal"><b
style="font-style:italic">NOTE:</b><span
style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold"> </span><b
style="font-style:italic">The Office of
Foundation Relations is pleased to provide
assistance to anyone applying for a grant from
this program.</b><span style="font-style:italic;
font-weight:bold"> </span><b><i>Please also let
us know if you apply, whether or not we assist
you. For more information, including a list
of recently issued RFPs, please visit our
website (</i></b><b><a
href="http://foundations.mit.edu/for-faculty/rfp-information/">http://foundations.mit.edu/for-faculty/rfp-information/</a>).</b></p>
<div><b><i>NOTE: All proposals must be routed
through the Office of Sponsored Programs prior
to submission.</i></b></div>
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<div><b>2015 PRE- AND POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING AWARDS
AND MEDICAL STUDENT GAP YEAR RESEARCH TRAINING
AWARDS</b></div>
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<div><b>Deadline: November 14, 2014 at 8PM EST</b></div>
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<div><b>NOTE: These particular Awards will not incur
underrecovery</b></div>
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<div>The Autism Science Foundation invites
applications for its Pre- and Postdoctoral
Training Awards from graduate students, medical
students and postdoctoral fellows interested
in pursuing careers in basic and clinical research
relevant to autism spectrum disorders. The proposed
training must be scientifically linked to autism and
may be broadened to include training in a closely
related area of scientific research. Autism Science
Foundation 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,
behavior, communication, social function, motor
skills & planning, epilepsy, sleep,
repetitive disorders), neurobiology (anatomy,
development, neuroimaging),
pharmacology, neuropathology, genetics, epigenetics,
genomics, epigenomics, immunology, molecular and
cellular mechanisms, studies employing model
organisms and systems, and studies of treatment and
service delivery.</div>
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<div><b>AWARDS</b></div>
<div>Autism Science Foundation will make a number of
awards determined by its available financial
resources. The term of the award will be a period
of one year and will include:</div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">For predoctoral
and medical students: $25,000</div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">For
postdoctoral students: $35,000</div>
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<div>This award cannot be used to cover tuition
payments. No portion of these funds shall be used
to cover indirect university costs.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><b>INFORMATIONAL CONFERENCE
CALL</b></div>
<div style="margin:0px">The Autism Science
Foundation will hold an informational conference
call regarding the predoctoral, postdoctoral, and
medical school fellowship RFA on September 15,
2014 at 12:00pm et. The call will outline best
practices for completing the application.
Participation on the conference call is NOT
required for application. The call in number is:
866-906-9888 and the participant code is 2574613#.</div>
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<div><b>ELIGIBILITY</b></div>
<div>Applicants for predoctoral awards must be
enrolled students in good standing in a
program leading to a research doctorate such as a
Ph.D. or Sc.D. or a dual degree such as
an M.D./Ph.D. in an academic department at an
accredited university or
health/medical institution in the United States. </div>
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<div>Applicants for Medical School Gap Year Research
Training: Awards should be enrolled at <span
style="color:rgb(15,15,15)">an accredited
university medical school </span>in the United
States<span style="color:rgb(15,15,15)">. </span><span
style="color:rgb(15,15,15)">Applicants for
postdoctoral awards must have completed their
doctoral or medical degree </span><span
style="color:rgb(15,15,15)">and have been
accepted as a postdoctoral fellow in good
standing in a program in the </span><span
style="color:rgb(15,15,15)">United States as of
the award start date (July-Sept 2015). Pre- and
postdoctoral applicants </span><span
style="color:rgb(15,15,15)">may apply at any
point during their training. Medical school
applicants must apply prior to </span><span
style="color:rgb(15,15,15)">graduation from
medical school. </span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px">The selected awardee must
spend 80% of his/her professional time engaged
exclusively in the autism research activities
stipulated in the application for the duration
of the award, and cannot simultaneously hold
another named fellowship award during the
support period. </div>
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<div style="margin:0px">Note: Students enrolled in
universities outside of the United States are
not eligible for pre-or postdoctoral awards or
medical school gap year awards. However, non-US
citizens enrolled in US universities are
eligible to apply.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px">The proposed mentor must
hold a tenured or tenure-track faculty
appointment (or equivalent) at an accredited
institution of higher education or
health/medical/research institution in the
United States, and must be an established and
active investigator in some aspect of autism
research. Each mentor may sponsor only one
candidate (either one predoctoral candidate OR
one postdoctoral candidate OR one medical school
gap year candidate). Each candidate may select
only one mentor. The candidate may also have
an advisor in addition to the mentor, but only
the mentor’s qualifications will be considered
in the scoring process. We recommend that the
faculty member with more autism experience serve
as the mentor.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px">Proposals Using Post
Mortem Tissue:</div>
<div style="margin:0px">Proposals using post
mortem tissue for research must provide
documentation that the necessary tissue is or
will be available at the research site at the
time of the award. Proposals without proper
documentation will be returned without review </div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><b>PAYMENT OF AWARDS</b></div>
<div style="margin:0px">Awards will be paid in
two installments; the first within 30 days of
the start date and the second at the six month
point, provided we receive a satisfactory mid
point report from the applicant. Payment will
be contingent upon acceptance (by an official
authorized to act for the institution
receiving the award) of the Autism Science
Foundation award terms and conditions without
amendment (provided at the time of the award)
and receipt by ASF of all required
certifications. An award cannot be transferred
to another investigator, laboratory or
sponsoring institution without prior written
approval from Autism Science Foundation, even
if the new investigator is working with the
same mentor. Similarly, awardees cannot change
mentors without prior written approval from
Autism Science Foundation.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px">A one-time, six-month
no-cost extension from the termination date of
the award in order to complete necessary work
(including data analysis and
preparation/submission of dissertation and/or
manuscripts for publication) will
automatically be granted upon
request. Awardees must submit written reports
to the Autism Science Foundation at the
midpoint and at conclusion of the award,
documenting the status of the research funded.
A template will be provided by the Autism
Science Foundation for this purpose. Failure
to provide a midterm report by the due date
will result in forfeiture of funds.</div>
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<div>Visit the Autism Science Foundation website for
complete program information and application
procedures: <a
href="http://autismsciencefoundation.org/ApplyForaGrant.html?utm_source=Pre+and+Post+RFA+August+2014&utm_campaign=Pre,+Post,+Med+School+Gap+Year+RFA&utm_medium=email">http://autismsciencefoundation.org/ApplyForaGrant.html?utm_source=Pre+and+Post+RFA+August+2014&utm_campaign=Pre%2C+Post%2C+Med+School+Gap+Year+RFA&utm_medium=email</a>.
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<div>______________________________</div>
<div>Nicholas Marmor</div>
<div>Development Associate</div>
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