OAR is currently accepting applications for its Applied Research Competition and Graduate Research Grant Program. Since 2002, OAR has funded 220 applied and graduate research studies totaling more than $3.6 million. This year, OAR awarded 17 applied and graduate research grants totaling $198,253. OAR hopes to build on this success in 2017, continuing its support…
On November 15, OAR’s Scientific Council met in Columbus, Ohio, to conduct the final review for the 2016 Applied Research Competition. In the most competitive year since 2002, Council members had the difficult task of identifying the best studies from a very strong pool of proposals. OAR received 148 preproposals and invited 69 applicants to…
In 2013, OAR-funded researcher Rahul Khanna, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, undertook a study, “Health-Related Quality of Life and its Determinants in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders,” to assess the physical and mental health-related quality of life and health utility among adults with autism. Both health-related quality of…
In 2015, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for eight new applied autism research studies in 2016. These new grants, totaling $229,827, bring OAR’s total research funding to over $3.5 million since 2002. This is the final preview of the eight featured in The OARacle this year. Individuals without intellectual disability comprise the fastest growing…
OAR invites graduate students to submit research proposals for its annual Graduate Research Grant Program. Since the program was established in 2003, OAR has awarded over $208,000 in grants to fund 116 graduate research studies. Last year, OAR made grants to 11 students with grant awards totaling $19,387. OAR hopes to build on this success in 2017,…
Many adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) do not easily learn how to use social strategies to interact with their peers and make friends. This can cause them to miss out on friendships and peer relationships during their middle and high school years. Even worse, some may be ostracized and/or bullied. The effects may be…
In 2013, OAR funded a one-year study of the Advancing Social-Communication and Play (ASAP) intervention. Intended to improve the social-communication and engagement skills of elementary school-age children who are severely affected by ASD, the program was tested in four elementary school classrooms in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro, N.C. school district. Four children who ranged from kindergarten…
The 15th annual International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) took place from May 11 to 14 in Baltimore, Md. More than 1,000 attendees from over 40 countries across the globe, including several of OAR’s Scientific Council members, research grantees, and friends, convened to exchange and disseminate the latest findings in autism research. This four-day conference…
In 2015, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for eight new applied autism research studies in 2016. These new grants, totaling $229,827, bring OAR’s total research funding to over $3.5 million since 2002. This is the seventh of eight previews to be featured in The OARacle this year. Collette Sosnowy, Ph.D., an OAR-funded researcher and…
In October 2012, OAR’s Board of Directors approved 12 new studies for a total of $355,000 in funding through its annual Applied Research Competition. These research efforts, nine of which are now underway, are poised to advance our understanding of autism and how to effectively support those affected by it. This month, we feature a…
