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COVID-19 Research Grants

Autism Science Foundation

Foundation Grants for Autism Programs Grants for Mental Health Grants for Science Research

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

COVID-19 Research Grants

Overview: Multiple rounds of grants launched in early 2020 to support autism research impacted by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, evolving to fund research on pandemic's unique effects on people with autism and permanent service improvements.

Geographic Scope: United States (Arizona, New York, Washington, California, Utah)

Focus Areas:

Telehealth and remote assessment methods

Mental health impacts on people with autism

Online interventions for pandemic stress

Resilience factors to pandemic-related trauma

Mental health service delivery improvements

Disparities in telehealth access

In-patient psychiatric care for autistic individuals

Funding Evolution:

Initial Phase (2020): Support for researchers struggling to continue studies during institutional shutdowns

Second Phase: Research on unique COVID-19 effects on people with autism

Current Phase: Permanent service improvements based on pandemic-revealed gaps

Key Research Areas:

Telehealth evaluation validation (cognitive testing via remote methods)

Pandemic-induced isolation effects on adolescent mental health

Factors conferring resilience to trauma

Socioeconomic disparities in telehealth utilization

Single-session mental health interventions

Online intervention efficacy for autistic adolescents

Mental health service access barriers for autistic adults

What They Fund:

Studies examining efficacy of online interventions

Research on telehealth method expansion

Mental health and resilience research

Service delivery and equity research

Contact: Autism Science Foundation, 3 Continental Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583

Website: autismsciencefoundation.org

What Autism Science Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 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