The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, or SFARI for short, is a research program established in 2005 by the Simons Foundation , which focuses on all aspects of autism research. Its director is Kelsey Martin . The organization has funded more than $ 200 million in autism research to 150 different investigators since 2007. The awards they give out include Bridge to Independence Awards (for early-careers researchers transitioning to independent positions), Pilot Awards (for innovative high-impact proposals for experiments still in the preliminary stages), Research Awards (for research into a topic which has already been investigated at least preliminarily), and Explorer Awards (which provides grants for focused experiments on a one-time basis). One specific type of research they specialize in is mouse models of autism, which they are trying to make more available in cooperation with the Jackson Laboratory .
5-469: SFARI Gene is an integrative model with a publicly available web portal for the ongoing collection, curation and visualization of genes linked to autism disorders. The content originates entirely from the published scientific literature. SFARI Gene also provides a comprehensive collection of animal models linked to autism. The Simons Simplex Collection is a sample gathered by SFARI from over 2000 families for identifying de novo genetic variants that contribute to
10-466: The "News & Opinion" section of the SFARI website. In the summer of 2015, Spectrum was spun off of SFARI as an independent online news entity. This autism -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Spectrum (online publication) The Transmitter is an online publication dedicated to neuroscience research news and commentary. Aimed at professionals from across
15-624: The neuroscience discipline, the website is an editorially-independent publication of the Simons Foundation . In 2008, the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative website debuted a News & Opinion section, which relaunched as Spectrum magazine in 2015. The online publication was dedicated to new findings in autism spectrum disorder research. It was funded by the Simons Foundation . The Spectrum editorial team founded The Transmitter to expand
20-557: The overall risk of autism. In 2016, SFARI launched Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research (SPARK), an online research initiative designed to become the largest autism study ever undertaken in the United States. For researchers, SPARK provides a large, well-characterized cohort of genetic, medical and behavioral data, and will result in cost-savings for researchers by reducing start-up costs for individual studies. In 2008, SFARI launched Spectrum , an Autism research news website, as
25-464: The publication's neuroscience coverage beyond the autism field; autism stories are covered on The Transmitter within a dedicated Spectrum vertical. Like its predecessor, The Transmitter is funded by the Simons Foundation but maintains editorial independence. The new website was launched on November 13, 2023, with an announcement at a satellite event hosted by the Simons Foundation during
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