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Dissecting mechanisms of hyperarousal in autism and related disorders using the Simons Sleep Project

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Gravity Follows Newton’s and Einstein’s Rules, Even at Cosmic Scales

April 15, 2026

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  1. Pilot Award — Request for Applications 2024

    Funding Opportunity
    … Investigators will include the evaluation of progress on previous or ongoing SFARI grants. Instructions for Submission Applications must be submitted via the Simons Award Manager (SAM). Please …
  2. Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) - Request for Applications 2026

    Funding Opportunity
    The goal of the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program is to spark and sustain interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students who have not had access …
  3. Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology

    Funding Opportunity
    The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division invited applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support candidates who intended to pursue a career in basic research on fundamental problems in …
  4. SFARI Pilot Progression Award — Request for Applications 2024

    Funding Opportunity
    … towards the page limit. Our Commitment to Expanding Pathways to Science and Opportunities for All Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix …
  5. NSF-Simons National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes in the Astronomical Sciences

    Funding Opportunity
    The NSF and the Simons Foundation jointly support two national AI research institutes in the astronomical sciences. These institutes focus on the co-advancement of astronomy, astrophysics and …
  6. Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science — Request for Applications

    Funding Opportunity
    … individuals with autism; for example, machine learning approaches that could amplify measurable gains from intensive behavioral interventions would be of interest. SFARI considered the following as out …
  7. Neuroscience Collaborations Vision Statements Call

    Funding Opportunity
    … Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) and the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB).
  8. Cross-Species Studies of ASD — Request for Applications

    Funding Opportunity
    … background. While there is no rigorous way to model “idiopathic” ASD in non-human animals, we encouraged applicants to carefully consider and rationalize comparisons of humans with …
  9. Simons Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology Awards - Request for Applications 2025

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    Microbes inhabit and sustain all habitats on Earth. In both marine and freshwater systems, microbes capture solar energy, catalyze biogeochemical transformations of important elements, produce and consume greenhouse …
  10. Small-Scale Experiments for Fundamental Physics

    Funding Opportunity
    The funders invite applications to a one-time call aimed at advancing fundamental physics by funding small-scale experiments that explore physics which has typically been explored at …
  11. Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Biological Convergence and Genetic Therapies — Request for Applications

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    Grants awarded through this request for applications (RFA) were intended to advance our understanding of the genetic basis of ASD and the molecular and cellular consequences of genetic …
  12. SCPAB Research Awards - 2020 Extension RFA

    Funding Opportunity
    This RFA is by invitation only. We are soliciting progress reports and proposals for two years of further funding to expand and develop previously funded SCPAB Awards. These …
  13. Analysis of Postmortem Brain Tissue from the Autism BrainNet Collection — Request for Applications

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    Grants awarded through this request for applications (RFA) were intended to advance the understanding of ASD through analyses of human postmortem brain tissue donated to the Autism BrainNet …
  14. NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB)

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    The National Science Foundation Directorates for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF/MPS) and for Biological Sciences (NSF/BIO) and the Simons Foundation Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences …
  15. Autism Rat Models Consortium — Request for Applications

    Funding Opportunity
    … circuits relevant to autism and related NDD.
  16. Maternal COVID-19 As a Potential Risk for Autism: Supplemental Funding for Ongoing Pregnancy Cohorts — Request for Applications

    Funding Opportunity
    Several prospective pregnancy cohorts, across multiple continents, were recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic. These cohorts afforded the opportunity to better understand the impact of maternal infection and …
  17. SFARI Collaboration on Sex Differences in Autism - Request for Applications 2021

    Funding Opportunity
    … D.M. Biol. Sex Differ. 7, 58 (2016) PubMed Doan R.N. et al. Nat. Genet. 51, 1092–1098 (2019) PubMed Baron-Cohen S. et al. Mol …
  18. Research Award - Request for Applications 2020

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    The goal of the Research Award was to provide support for investigation of key unresolved research questions in autism, particularly those that connect genetic etiologies to brain function …
  19. Novel Outcome Measures in ASD — Request for Applications

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    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 …
  20. SPARK Clinical Site Network — Request for Applications

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    The overall goal of SPARK (Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge) is to recruit, engage and retain a research community of at least 50,000 individuals in …
  21. Genomic Analysis for Autism Risk Variants in SPARK – Request for Applications

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    SPARK (Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research) is an autism research initiative that aims to recruit, engage and retain a community of 50,000 individuals with autism and their …
  22. NSF-Simons MathBioSys Research Centers

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    The NSF-Simons Research Centers for Mathematics of Complex Biological Systems (MathBioSys) initiative created innovative, collaborative research centers at the intersection of mathematics and molecular, cellular and organismal …
  23. Whole-Genome Analysis for Autism Risk Variants

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    … 400 TB) available to their academic or cloud-based computing resources. SFARI understood that validation of prioritized hits was a key part of this project and coordinated …
  24. Functional Screen of Autism-Associated Variants Request for Applications

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    Grants awarded through this request for applications (RFA) were intended to advance our understanding of the genetic basis of autism, and in particular the potential role of missense …
  25. Innate Immune System Impact Request for Applications

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    Grants awarded through this request for applications (RFA) were intended to advance our understanding of the impact of activation of the innate immune system on behavioral, circuit, synaptic …
  26. Circuit Dynamics Request for Applications

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    This request for applications (RFA) was intended to advance our understanding of the circuit basis for behavioral and cognitive alterations relevant to autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The goal …
  27. Analysis of Simons VIP Biospecimens Request for Applications

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    The Simons Variation in Individuals Project (now known as Simons Searchlight) comprises a large cohort of individuals with a deletion or duplication of chromosomal segment 16p11.2 (approximately …
  28. NSF-Simons Research Collaborations on the Mathematical and Scientific Foundations of Deep Learning

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    The two NSF-Simons Research Collaborations on the MoDL support research activities focused on a particular set of topics involving some of the most challenging questions in the …
  29. Simons Fellows in Theoretical Physics

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    The Simons Fellows program in Theoretical Physics provides funds to faculty for up to a semester-long research leave from classroom teaching and administrative obligations.
  30. Mouse Phenotyping Request for Applications

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    To maximize the ability to make direct comparisons among mouse models, this request for applications sought applications for systematic, rigorous and scalable analyses of behavioral phenotypes across multiple …
  31. Explorer Awards — Request for Applications

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    This award program was designed to enhance our existing support of autism research by providing timely resources to enable high-risk/high-impact, exploratory experiments relevant to our …
  32. Scott Aaronson

    Principal Investigator, It from Qubit: Simons Collaboration on Quantum Fields, Gravity and Information
    Scott Aaronson is the David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin.
  33. Leonard Abbeduto

    SFARI Investigator
  34. Larry Abbott

    Investigator, Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
    Larry Abbott is the William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University.
  35. Gonçalo  Abecasis

    Professor of Biostatistics
  36. Ted Abel

    SFARI Investigator
    Ted Abel is the Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience, director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute and professor of molecular physiology and biophysics in the Carver College of …
  37. Mohammed Abouzaid

    Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Homological Mirror Symmetry
  38. Gregory Abowd

    Professor
  39. Amina Abubakar

    SFARI Investigator
  40. Jad Abumrad

    Science, Society & Culture Advisory Board Member
    Jad Abumrad is a composer, artist and journalist and the creator of “Radiolab,” “Dolly Parton’s America,” “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man” and many other podcasts that collectively …
  41. Alexej Abyzov

    SFARI Investigator
  42. Alexandre Adam

    Flatiron Research Fellow, Centers for Computational Astrophysics and Computational Mathematics
    Alexandre Adam's research develops machine-learning and Bayesian methods for astronomical imaging, with a particular focus on strong gravitational lensing and the small-scale structure of dark …
  43. Ryan Adams

    Investigator, Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
    Ryan Adams is assistant professor of computer science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.
  44. Ralph Adolphs

    Investigator, Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
    Ralph Adolphs is the Bren Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Biology at the California Institute of Technology.
  45. Dorit Aharonov

    Principal Investigator, It from Qubit: Simons Collaboration on Quantum Fields, Gravity and Information
    Dorit Aharonov is a faculty member of the Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
  46. Christopher Ahern

    Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
  47. Nadav Ahituv

    SFARI Investigator
    Nadav Ahituv worked on human hereditary hearing loss during his graduate studies and was part of the team that cloned two novel human hereditary hearing-loss-causing genes …
  48. Misha Ahrens

    Investigator, Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
    Misha Ahrens is a group leader at Janelia Farm Research Campus.
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