Post-Undergraduate Two Year Fellowship

_NOTE: ASF requires applicants email ASF’s Chief Science Officer prior to submission to confirm the eligibility of their sponsoring institution - See Letter of Inquiry Deadline above._

Post-Undergraduate Two Year Fellowship

The Autism Science Foundation invites applications for a Post-Undergraduate Two Year Research Fellowship award designed to support students who have received a bachelor’s degree, and who wish to gain more intense experience in autism research by working full time in a lab environment for two years prior to entry into a graduate program. The application should include a plan for the fellow to spend their time working to advance either an existing research study or help launch a new research project with significant guidance and support by a mentor, advisor, and other more experienced research staff in a well-established autism lab. Applicants need not already be accepted to graduate school.

The proposed training should be scientifically linked to autism, but may be broadened to include training in a closely related area of scientific research. The Autism Science Foundation will consider all areas of related basic and clinical research, including but not limited to:

• human behavior and co-occurring medical conditions across the lifespan (language, learning, behavior, communication, social function, motor skills & planning, epilepsy, sleep, repetitive disorders);
• neurobiology (anatomy, development, neuroimaging); pharmacology; studies that address disparities in access, care and research;
• neuropathology;
• genetics and gene/environment interactions;
• epigenetics;
• immunology;
• molecular and cellular mechanisms;
• studies employing model organisms and systems;
• intervention research (behavioral, pharmacological or a combination of the two), and
• studies of treatment and service delivery.

ASF welcomes scientific research in all fields. However, we are especially interested in projects which address previously under researched communities. These include: profound autism, those with severe and challenging behaviors, and autism disparities in racial and ethnic minority groups or those with socioeconomic challenges.

Eligibility

_ You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.