The National Institutes of Health has launched a new Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI). The ADSI aims to integrate diverse data sets in order to enable researchers to examine complex factors influencing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) rates and will leverage existing real-world data resources available across the government and the private sector. Proposals for ADSI projects must use data science technologies to investigate one or more of the following priority areas:
- What newly emerging and/or understudied factors may contribute to autism;
- How multiple disparate factors (e.g., exposomics) interact to contribute collectively to risk and resilience;
- How those factors, in combination with diagnostic and other factors, may contribute to increased prevalence over time; and
- How the use of multiple data sources can characterize utilization patterns of autism treatment, intervention, and services to pinpoint potential treatment/service targets by identifying effective and scalable interventions across the lifespan, predictors of treatment response, or mechanisms of co-occurring conditions that could inform the design or approach in future trials.
Award: Awards will be up to $5 million in total costs.
Deadlines: Letters of Intent are optional and are due June 6, 2025, and applications are due June 27, 2025.
More Information: Those who are interested should see the full Research Opportunity Announcement. Lewis-Burke has also provided a summary report for campus.