Details
| Opportunity Name | Autism Rat Models Consortium 2.0 Awards |
| Agency | Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) |
| Value | Explorer Track – Up $200,000/year Collaboration Track – Up to $300,000/year |
| Indirect Costs | Eligible at 20% |
| Duration | Explorer Track – Up to 2 years Collaboration Track – 3 to 4 years |
Deadlines
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 02-20-2025 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 02-27-2025 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 03-04-2025, by 9:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 03-06-2025 |
Objective
To recharge and extend a consortium of researchers using rats as an experimental system to advance our understanding of the behavioral and circuit neuroscience mechanisms underlying autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD).
The following two tracks of funding is offered within this RFA:
Explorer Track – suited for those who have experience studying rat models but are new to studying autism/NDD and/or are focused on a functional domain or question that is not well represented in existing consortium projects. Explorer projects are meant to support individual labs or small collaborative groups.
Collaboration Track – appropriate for multi-lab collaborative projects that are based on existing work in autism/NDD-relevant rat models.
An information session will be held on January 23, 2025 at 12 p.m. (noon) Eastern Time, to answer questions about this RFA. Interested applicants can register here.
Eligibility
All applicants and key collaborators must hold a Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or the equivalent at a college, university, medical school or other research facility.
How to Apply
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.