GRADUATE STUDENT GRANTS
Recent Grants
In August of 2007, OAR awarded 11 grants—$19,000 in
total grants—to
graduate students pursuing Master’s or Doctoral degrees. These grants
were awarded to those students whose proposed research best fit
with OAR’s
research interests and priorities, namely practical research
into the daily challenges of autism and related disorders.
Read
about previous research grant winners:
2004 Grant recipients
2005 Grant recipients
2006 Grant recipients
2007 Grant recipients
Overview
In February 2004, OAR’s Board of Directors approved the
establishment of the Graduate Research Grant Program intended to encourage
and support students pursuing studies in disciplines related to autism
that support learners with autism spectrum disorders and their families.
Including the most recent grants, OAR has since awarded $27,000 in grants
to 15 graduate students through this annual competition.
Through this competition, OAR intends to support rising stars in autism
research and promote research in:
- The analysis, evaluation, or comparison of assessment models, treatment
models, or service systems,
- Applied aspects of early and/or school-based education, behavioral,
or communication intervention, or
- Adult issues such as containing education, employment, housing models
and “later intervention.”
- Issues related to family support, social and community integration,
and assessment and intervention with challenging behavior.
OAR seeks to fund studies that will likely produce practical and clearly
objective results that may aid parents, families, professionals, and people
with autism to make more fully informed choices that will lead to healthier
and happier lives.
For more information on this program, please contact OAR staff at research@researchautism.org or
phone: (866) 366-9710 toll free.
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