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Teen Wins Award For A Coding Program
In 2020, Sreenidi Bala, a teenager from Farmington, Connecticut, started a passion project that would change the lives of hundreds of autistic students.
OAR is currently accepting applications for the Graduate Research Grant Program and Applied Research Competition. Since 2002, OAR has funded over 285 research studies, bringing its funding total to more than $4.2 million. OAR expects to build on this success in 2021, continuing its support of research studies that offer meaningful outcomes to individuals with autism and their families.
OAR invites graduate students to submit research proposals for its annual Graduate Research Grant Program. Since the program was established in 2004, OAR has awarded over $285,000 in grants to fund 161 graduate research studies. Last year, OAR made grants to 12 students with grant awards totaling $18,186. OAR hopes to build on its commitment to support the next generation of applied autism researchers in 2021.
OAR accepts proposals from students pursuing graduate studies in fields related to autism in the United States and abroad. The maximum award for master’s candidates is $1,000, while doctoral and post-doctoral candidates are eligible for a maximum award of $2,000. Interested students may apply online. Proposals will be accepted through Monday, February 8. Interested students should first review the 2021 request for proposals, as well as OAR’s funding guidelines.
The intent of the program is to support independent research in:
OAR’s goal is to fund studies that will likely produce practical and clearly objective results that can help parents, families, professionals, and people with autism make more fully informed choices, leading to healthier and happier lives. OAR will only make grant awards for studies to be conducted during the grant period, which lasts from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022.
OAR’s Scientific Council will evaluate the proposals it receives for scientific and technical merit. Review criteria include:
OAR’s Board of Directors will make grant awards based on these evaluations and the recommendations of the Scientific Council. OAR will announce grant recipients in May 2021 and make the awards in July 2021. For more information, please contact OAR at research@researchautism.org or call 703-243-3466.
OAR invites researchers to submit research pre-proposals for the annual Applied Research Competition. The maximum award is $40,000 for pilot studies beginning in 2022 with a duration of one to two years. International researchers are eligible to apply. Pre-proposals will be accepted through Monday, March 22, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET.
Interested researchers may apply online. All applicants should first review the 2021 request for proposals. OAR funds studies that will likely produce practical and clearly objective results that can help parents, families, professionals, and people with autism make more fully informed choices, leading to healthier and happier lives.
OAR will promote evidence-based practices delivered in the following areas:
While applicants are always free to submit proposals on any relevant area of research or intervention described above, this year OAR is placing an emphasis on research that addresses the following targeted areas:
OAR will invite a select number of applicants to submit full proposals in June. Grant recipients will be announced in early December 2021, and studies will begin as early as January 1, 2022.
For more information about the Applied Research Competition, please contact OAR at research@researchautism.org or call 703-243-9762.