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Funding Opportunities

SFARI supports bold, rigorous research through standing grant programs, targeted funding opportunities and research fellowships.

  1. Open

    SPARK Research Match Expansion — Request for Applications 2026-2027

    Funding Opportunity

    The SPARK Research Match Expansion request for applications (RFA) encourages and supports applications for SPARK Research Match studies from principal investigators to increase SPARK research opportunities to individuals whose genetic ancestries have been undersampled in clinical research.

    Apply by December 31, 2026

  2. Open

    Fellows-to-Faculty - 2027 Request for Applications

    Funding Opportunity

    The Fellows-to-Faculty Award program supports talented early career scientists by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions. The focus of this program is the $600,000 USD three (3) year faculty research grant.

    Apply by January 13, 2027

  3. Open

    New Ideas - 2026 Request for Applications

    Funding Opportunity

    The goal of the New Ideas Award is to provide early stage support for bold, exploratory research that tests novel hypotheses and opens new conceptual or experimental directions in the study of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD).