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Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
Autism Research Database

Question 4: Short-term Objective B

green dot Q4.S.B: Standardize and validate at least 20 model systems (e.g., cellular and/or animal) that replicate features of ASD and will allow identification of specific molecular targets or neural circuits amenable to existing or new interventions by 2012.

Projects Found: 96
Total Funding: $15,303,589
Records
Funder Project Title Funding Funding Institution

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Project Title

Mechanisms of circuit failure and treatments in patient-derived neurons in autism
$406,250

Funding

$406,250

Institution

BROWN UNIVERSITY

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Project Title

THE GENETIC AND NEUROANATOMICAL ORIGIN OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
$391,250

Funding

$391,250

Institution

Baylor College of Medicine

Funder

Simons Foundation

Project Title

In Vivo Functional Analysis of Autism Candidate Genes
$123,750

Funding

$123,750

Institution

Baylor College of Medicine

Funder

Autism Speaks

Project Title

Preclinical Autism Consortium for Therapeutics (PACT)- Boston Children's Hospital
$0

Funding

$0

Institution

Boston Children's Hospital

Funder

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Project Title

Rebuilding Inhibition in the Autistic Brain
$24,840

Funding

$24,840

Institution

Brandeis University

Funder

Simons Foundation

Project Title

Cellular models for autism de novo mutations using human stem cells
$125,000

Funding

$125,000

Institution

Broad Institute, Inc.

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Project Title

Preclinical evaluation of NMDA receptor antagonists for treating Rett Syndrome
$396,250

Funding

$396,250

Institution

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

Funder

Simons Foundation

Project Title

Analysis of autism-associated alleles in C. elegans
$108,061

Funding

$108,061

Institution

California Institute of Technology

Funder

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Project Title

Pinpointing Genes Underlying Autism in Chromosomal Region 16p11.2
$1,250

Funding

$1,250

Institution

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Funder

Simons Foundation

Project Title

16p11.2: Defining the gene(s) responsible (grant 1)
$212,100

Funding

$212,100

Institution

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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