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Meet Valerie H.… Autism Speaks. I was asked to be a speaker at one of the kickoff dinners a few years ago. Autism Speaks gave us a community grant one year ago, which was terrific, and we're grateful for it. What important message would you like to share with the …
Money Follows the Person Program is extended!… cost-effective care. The MFP project was authorized through 2016 although some states will be able to continue to use their grant funds through 2020. However,  without Congressional reauthorization, states will lose access to the enhanced funding …
Investigating autism's environmental risk factors … age and prenatal health, as well as exposure to chemicals and other pollutants. Autism Speaks provided additional research grants to broaden and fill gaps in the ambitious study. The goal: to deepen our understanding of how autism develops in ways … of impairments, earlier intervention and personalized treatments and supports. Read about each of Autism Speaks’ EARLI grants using the Autism Speaks Grant Search . Because autism tends to run in families, EARLI researchers enrolled families …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons award $170,000 of funding to researchers studying auditory processing disorder … Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding one pilot research project and one post-doctoral fellowship to advance the study of central auditory …
New research on sexual minority autistic adults… A recent study, published in Autism in Adulthood and supported by an Autism Speaks postdoctoral fellowship grant , examined the mental health and quality of life of sexual minority autistic adults. In the study, the term "sexual …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons award $180,000 of funding to researchers studying auditory processing disorder… Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding three pilot research projects to advance the study of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) in … quality of life for autistic children with CAPD.” Each pilot study receives $60,000 of funding for one year.  Meet our grantees: Emily Knight, M.D./Ph.D. University of Rochester             Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often …
Autism Speaks awards more than $4.7 million for autism research… throughout the life span, for the needs of people with autism and their families, today announced more than $4.7 million in grant funding to 26 researchers studying autism. As a major funder of autism research, Autism Speaks is committed to … that will help us understand autism better and lead us to more personalized care and services.” Applications for all four grant categories were reviewed by panels that included scientists, medical specialists, and autism advocates, and were …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons fund research on auditory processing disorder … Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding a pilot study and a research fellowship to address sound-processing difficulties among people with autism …
Study finds altered brain growth patterns that predict autism… for universal screening. The paper appears online in the journal Nature . Autism Speaks helps fund IBIS through a grant to senior investigator Joseph Piven, a developmental psychiatrist with the University of North Carolina School of …
Request for applications: 2026 AHA Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships… fill knowledge gaps, but to ensure that these individuals receive the same high-quality care as everyone else.” Anticipated grant timeline Applications open: July 1, 2025 Submission deadline: Early September 2025 Award notification: December 2025 …