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      <div>Forwarded information from Nicholas Marmor, MIT Office of
        Foundation Relations:<br>
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        <span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Nicholas Marmor
        &lt;<a href="mailto:nmarmor@mit.edu">nmarmor@mit.edu</a>&gt;<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>
                    <p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal">Below you
                      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>
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                        style="font-style:italic">NOTE:</b><span
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                        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 &amp; 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&amp;utm_campaign=Pre,+Post,+Med+School+Gap+Year+RFA&amp;utm_medium=email">http://autismsciencefoundation.org/ApplyForaGrant.html?utm_source=Pre+and+Post+RFA+August+2014&amp;utm_campaign=Pre%2C+Post%2C+Med+School+Gap+Year+RFA&amp;utm_medium=email</a>.
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                  <div>______________________________</div>
                  <div>Nicholas Marmor</div>
                  <div>Development Associate</div>
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