As of September 13, 2004, the Grant site is accepting Letters of Intent and subsequent applications for the 2005 Funding Cycle.

Welcome to the NAAR Research homepage. To date, NAAR has committed $21.1 million to fund more than 200 autism research projects, fellowships and collaborative programs worldwide - more than any other non-governmental organization. This funding includes support for the Autism Tissue Program and research partnerships with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our goal is to identify and support promising pilot studies in the hope that results from these efforts can be leveraged into publications or additional support by government or other funding agencies. NAAR is proud of our success stories as many projects we supported over the years have publications in leading peer-reviewed journals and NIH and other funding support as their eventual outcome.

Our funding cycle typically begins in mid-September as requests for proposals (RFP) for various programs are published. Before submitting an application for research support, an applicant must submit a letter of intent briefly describing the project. Depending on whether a letter of intent is deemed to meet NAAR's funding priorities, the investigator will be invited to submit a formal proposal. All proposals are carefully reviewed by our distinguished Scientific Advisory Board along with guest reviewers when additional areas of expertise reviews are required. 

For deadline dates, please see links below.

Availability of NAAR Funding for Autism Research Awards and Fellowships

All proposals must be submitted online via this site. Through its various user-friendly features, applicants and corresponding host institutions can also monitor the status of their applications and interact with NAAR's grant administration staff. For more details and instructions, please see the links below, as well as the NAAR Research and Fellowship Awards FAQ and NAAR Online Grant Administration System Help.

Research Announcements: Basic-Clinical Research 2007-2008 Cycle 2 Environmental - Augmentation Environmental - Pilot Research Environmental - Think Tanks/Workshops Pilot Study 2007-2008 Cycle 2

Fellowships Announcements: Post-Doctoral Fellowships Pre-Doctoral Fellowships

Requirements and guidelines for the letter of intent and full proposal will be available when you log in to the NAAR GRANTS ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM. APPLY ONLINE. Electronic submissions are mandatory using the NAAR Grants site. A PDF file is a mandatory requirement to complete the submission of the application online. No paper or emailed applications will be accepted for upload. For any related inquiries, please contact us at:

Autism Speaks
Attn: Adam Liebling, Grants Administrator
2 Park South 4th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Toll-free: 1-888-777-NAAR (in the U.S.A.) or 1-212-252-8584
Fax: 1-917-475-5072
E-mail: grantadmin@naar.org

If  you are an investigator interested in receiving news and updates about the NAAR funding opportunities, simply enter your information in our Investigator Registry and we will keep you informed via e-mail alerts and other mailings. Thank you for your interest in the NAAR Research and Fellowship Awards.