PUBLIC RELEASE DATE:
26-Jun-2014
Contact: Steffanie Marchese Steffanie.Marchese@autismspeaks.org 646-385-8537 Autism Speaks
NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 26, 2014) Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today announced the awarding of three new targeted research grants totaling more than $1 million. These grants will further the organization's mission to change the future for all those struggling with autism by addressing a number of Autism Speaks research priorities and programs, including global public health and environmental risk initiatives.
"We are very excited to announce this group of awards, which help target several of our key portfolio areas," said Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Robert Ring. "Our award to the University of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children is part of a unique cooperative funding effort that leverages an additional $9.2 million of funding from Canadian partners to support our expanding focus on whole genome sequencing and the activities of Dr. Scherer's lab in leading our Autism Ten Thousand Genomes (Aut10K) program."
Targeted research grants are initiated by Autism Speaks science staff to take advantage of unique opportunities to work closely with leading investigators to develop projects that improve existing research infrastructures, generate rapid responses to new and highly visible public health initiatives, or facilitate collaborations between investigators to address complex research issues from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
The new grants include:
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Full descriptions of all three abstracts can be found on the Autism Speaks Science Grant Search page at http://science.grants.autismspeaks.org/search/.
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