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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

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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

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