Autism Research Database - Principal Investigator Project Details | IACC

Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Cincinnati Children's- Simons SFARI Autism Cohort Submission
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Erickson, Craig
Description Description	The National Autism Cohort (now called SPARK) is a national effort to recruit and retain 50,000 families with at least one individual on the autism spectrum, to collect DNA samples for genetic analysis, and to make these families available for studies by the autism research community at large. There are 21 clinical sites participating in the recruitment effort, and the three sites listed above were involved in the pilot phase of the project, before the official national launch.
Funder Funder	Simons Foundation
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	149995
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016-2019
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 3: What Causes ASD, and Can Disabling Aspects of ASD be Prevented or Preempted?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	External Project Page
Institution Institution	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number	383634
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	Cincinnati Children's- Simons SFARI Autism Cohort Submission \| 200000 \| 2019 \| 383634 Cincinnati Children's- Simons SFARI Autism Cohort Submission \| 200000 \| 2020 \| 383634 Cincinnati Children's- Simons SFARI Autism Cohort Submission \| 149404 \| 2017 \| 383634 Cincinnati Children's- Simons SFARI Autism Cohort Submission \| 200000 \| 2018 \| 383634

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