Graduate Research Grant Competition

The Organization for Autism Research (OAR) has established the Graduate Research Grant Program to encourage and support students conducting research pursuant to graduate and post-graduate studies in disciplines related to assessment, intervention and support of autistic learners and their families.

Through this competition, OAR intends to promote research in the following areas:

• The analysis, evaluation, or comparison of assessment models, treatment models, or service systems
• Applied aspects of early intervention and/or school-based education, behavioral, or communication intervention
• Adult issues such as continuing education, employment, housing models and “later intervention”
• Issues related to family support, social and community integration, and assessment and intervention with challenging behavior
• The efficacy of alternative or augmentative communication systems for autistic individuals across the lifespan
• Applied research that occurs in the in vivo context in which the outcome of intervention is expected to be used

OAR seeks to fund studies that will likely produce practical and clearly objective results that may aid parents, families, professionals, and autistic people to make more fully informed choices that will lead to healthier and happier lives.

Competition

• The maximum grant awards are $2,000.00 for Doctoral or Post-doctoral candidates and $1,000.00 for Master’s candidates. OAR will consider making up to 12 awards, for a total of $20,000 in grants.

Duration

• Grant period is July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025. OAR will only make grant awards for research that will be conducted during the grant period and will not award grants for research studies that have commenced before the grant period begins.

Eligibility Criteria

• International students are eligible to apply for the graduate grant competition. This does include students who are pursuing graduate degrees at institutions outside the U.S.
• In order to be eligible for this grant, the graduate student must be the single investigator. If the student is a co-PI, or if the study is part of a faculty member’s ongoing research, the research project is not eligible.

For more information, visit OAR.