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Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) Database Grants

Autism Science Foundation

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Cycle
Annual
Tracked since
April 2026

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Other requirements

  • BSRC member researchers and clinicians
  • Collaboration of 50+ researchers committed to early autism detection

Overview

Funding for research using the BSRC database, a collaborative network studying younger siblings of people with autism to understand developmental origins and earliest signs of ASD.

Geographic Scope: International network of over 50 research sites, over 33 sites globally

Database Details:

  • Tracks over 5,000 younger siblings (with and without autism)
  • Tracks infants from birth to diagnosis
  • Includes behavioral, motor, genetic, and biological data

Focus Areas:

  • Early signs of autism in high-probability infants
  • Fine motor skills and language development
  • Genetic and familial factors
  • Early biological markers and biomarkers
  • Screening and diagnostic approaches
  • Head circumference and genetic differences
  • Sex differences in autism presentation
  • Early intervention targets

Key Findings Enabled:

  • 15x greater probability of diagnosis in younger siblings
  • Changes in early motor function
  • Broader autism phenotype discovery
  • Stability of diagnoses past age 3

Eligibility:

  • BSRC member researchers and clinicians
  • Collaboration of 50+ researchers committed to early autism detection

What They Fund:

  • Research using BSRC common database
  • Studies analyzing item-level scores from developmental measures
  • Genetic and behavioral analysis projects
  • Database oversight and management

What Autism Science Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
11
Total given
$426K
Median grant
$35K
Range
$10K–$98K
  • By dollars: California 39%, New Jersey 12%, Connecticut 8%. Top recipient cities: Davis, CA; Piscaraway, NJ; New Haven, CT.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.

Example grants

  • The Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA

    Next gent sibs grant and post-undergrad fellowship grant

    $98K

  • Rutgers University · Piscaraway, NJ

    Pre-doc grant

    $50K

  • Yale University · New Haven, CT

    Profound pilot grant

    $35K

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

    Pre-doctorate grant

    $35K

  • Regents Univ of California · Los Angeles, CA

    Post-undergrad grant

    $35K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Autism
  • Science research

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