Policies

The terms and conditions applicable to grants funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) are set forth in the Policies document, downloadable for your convenience.

Policies document

The policies apply to all autism research grant awards. Investigators and their institutions must abide by all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing the conduct of research on humans or animals. If you have any questions about SFARI policies, please contact the foundation at postaward@simonsfoundation.org.

Each grant mechanism has unique characteristics, such as duration, funding levels, eligibility requirements and project requirements. These requirements are outlined in the individual Requests for applications (RFA) for each award mechanism, as well as in the Funding letter.

Acknowledgement Policy

All investigators must follow the guidelines below when publishing work:

Investigator Category

Required Language

SFARI-funded investigators
  • This work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (SFARI [award #] to [Grantee Initials]).

SFARI-funded investigators who use SFARI Base phenotypic data and/or biospecimens
  • This work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (SFARI [award #] to [Grantee Initials]).
  • We are grateful to all of the families at the participating SFARI Simplex Collection (SSC) sites, as well as the principal investigators (A. Beaudet, R. Bernier, J. Constantino, E. Cook, E. Fombonne, D. Geschwind, E. Hanson, D. Grice, A. Klin, R. Kochel, D. Ledbetter, C. Lord, C. Martin, D. Martin, R. Maxim, J. Miles, O. Ousley, K. Pelphrey, B. Peterson, J. Piggot, C. Saulnier, M. State, W. Stone, J. Sutcliffe, C. Walsh, Z. Warren, E. Wijsman).
  • We appreciate obtaining access to phenotypic data on SFARI Base.
  • Approved researchers can obtain the SSC population dataset described in this study ([include here the URL of the population used, obtained from SFARI Base]) by applying at https://base.sfari.org.

All non-SFARI-funded investigators who use SFARI Base phenotypic data and/or biospecimens
  • We are grateful to all of the families at the participating SFARI Simplex Collection (SSC) sites, as well as the principal investigators (A. Beaudet, R. Bernier, J. Constantino, E. Cook, E. Fombonne, D. Geschwind, E. Hanson, D. Grice, A. Klin, R. Kochel, D. Ledbetter, C. Lord, C. Martin, D. Martin, R. Maxim, J. Miles, O. Ousley, K. Pelphrey, B. Peterson, J. Piggot, C. Saulnier, M. State, W. Stone, J. Sutcliffe, C. Walsh, Z. Warren, E. Wijsman).
  • We appreciate obtaining access to phenotypic data on SFARI Base.
  • Approved researchers can obtain the SSC population dataset described in this study ([include here the URL of the population used, obtained from SFARI Base]) by applying at https://base.sfari.org.