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GRADUATE STUDENT GRANTS

Recent Grants
In September 2010, OAR awarded 7 grants—$13,000 in total grants—to graduate students pursuing Master’s or Doctoral degrees. These grants were awarded to those students whose proposed research best fit with OAR’s research interests and priorities, namely practical research into the daily challenges of autism and related disorders.

View the application here.

Read about previous research grant winners:

2004 Grant recipients

2005 Grant recipients

2006 Grant recipients

2007 Grant recipients

2008 Grant recipients

2009 Grant recipients

Overview
In February 2004, OAR’s Board of Directors approved the establishment of the Graduate Research Grant Program intended to encourage and support students in the United States and abroad pursuing studies in disciplines related to autism that support learners with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Including the most recent grants, OAR has since awarded $99,000 in grants to 54 graduate students through this annual competition.

Through this competition, OAR intends to support rising stars in autism research and promote research in:

  • The analysis, evaluation, or comparison of assessment models, treatment models, or service systems,
  • Applied aspects of early and/or school-based education, behavioral, or communication intervention, or
  • Adult issues such as containing education, employment, housing models and “later intervention.”
  • Issues related to family support, social and community integration, and assessment and intervention with challenging behavior.

OAR seeks to fund studies that will likely produce practical and clearly objective results that may aid parents, families, professionals, and people with autism to make more fully informed choices that will lead to healthier and happier lives.

For more information on this program, please contact OAR staff at research@researchautism.org or phone: (866) 366-9710 toll free.