Novel Outcome Measures in ASD, Request for Applications, Ph.D.

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January 14, 2019 Webex Informational Sessions

January 25 and

January 29, 2019 Notice of Intent Due

February 15, 2019 Full Applications Due

March 1, 2019 Notice of Award

June 4, 2019 Funding Begins

July 1, 2019 Administrative Inquiries

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January 14, 2019 Webex Informational Sessions

January 25 and

January 29, 2019 Notice of Intent Due

February 15, 2019 Full Applications Due

March 1, 2019 Notice of Award

June 4, 2019 Funding Begins

July 1, 2019 Administrative Inquiries

sfgrants@simonsfoundation.org

646-654-0066 Scientific Inquiries and Requests

sciencerfa@simonsfoundation.org

646-654-0066

Intervention studies for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are hampered by a lack of reliable and sensitive measures to assess treatment response, whether the interventions are behavioral or pharmacological in approach. Instead, treatment research commonly relies on subjective parent- and clinician-reported assessments that show inadequate psychometric properties, are highly susceptible to placebo effects, and may not be specific to ASD-related impairments. Some semi-objective clinician-administered measures are available, but these remain early in development or are not specific to ASD. A few objective measures, such as eye-tracking, have been used as treatment outcomes, but the psychometric properties and clinical meaningfulness of these measures have not been demonstrated adequately.

Objective outcome measures that are both reliable and sensitive to change would permit smaller and shorter studies and would help to minimize false-negative results. The greater statistical power afforded by such measures would also facilitate studies in subpopulations that might be more likely to benefit from a specific treatment approach.

A previous request for applications (RFA) for novel outcome measures research was issued by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) in 2015. The grants awarded under that RFA, described here, enabled progress on several assessment approaches, but none are fully validated or ready for broad deployment at this time. RFA Announced

January 14, 2019 Webex Informational Sessions

January 25 and

January 29, 2019 Notice of Intent Due

February 15, 2019 Full Applications Due

March 1, 2019 Notice of Award

June 4, 2019 Funding Begins

July 1, 2019 Administrative Inquiries

sfgrants@simonsfoundation.org

646-654-0066 Scientific Inquiries and Requests

sciencerfa@simonsfoundation.org

646-654-0066

The deadline for application submission is Friday, March 1, 2019, at 5 p.m. EST.

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