RFA-HD-22-008: Autism Centers of Excellence: Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
Closed
This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2021.
National Institutes of Health offered grants of up to $1.5 million to small businesses. Applications closed on November 9, 2021.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed August 23, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$1.5 million
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeGrant
About this NIH notice
- Activity codeP50
- Clinical trialsOptional
- Funded byNICHD, NIMH
- Median yearly award$382,710
- Typical project length5 years
- P50, Specialized Center Grant. A research center on one disease or topic, with several projects and shared cores. Other open P50 notices.
Projects funded under RFA-HD-22-008 were run by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD, 4 projects) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 1 project). Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your project before you apply; the notice lists them.
Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read RFA-HD-22-008 in the NIH Guide.
Key dates
| Posted | August 23, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | November 9, 2021 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | December 15, 2021 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to small businesses.
- Small businesses
Is this a realistic fit?
- Projects NIH funded under this notice had a median yearly award of $382,710; it allows up to $1.5 million per award.
- Most of the money in the 5 programs behind this notice (74% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and partnering Institutes invite applications for the Autism Centers of Excellence: Centers Program, hereafter termed ACE Centers. The P50 mechanism allows for integrative, multi-disciplinary, coordinated programs of research that demonstrate cohesion and synergy across research projects and cores. A companion FOA (RFA-HD-22-007) invites applications for ACE Networks supported by the R01 mechanism.
Funded under RFA-HD-22-008 so far
NIH funded 5 projects under RFA-HD-22-008 in fiscal 2022 to 2026, at 5 institutions. The median yearly award was $382,710.
| Project | Institution | Fiscal year | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health in Autistic Adults: An RDoC Approach | University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh | 2026 | $534,497 |
| Administrative Core | Duke University | 2026 | $253,350 |
| Center for Sleep in Autism Spectrum Disorder | Stanford University | 2026 | $1.9 million |
| Project 1: Identifying and optimizing monogenetic risk prediction for autism in newborns | Columbia University Health Sciences | 2026 | $418,233 |
| Data Core | Drexel University | 2026 | $468,390 |
Who has won Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (93.853) awarded $9.1 billion across 8,641 grant awards, an average of $1.0 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The General Hospital Corporation | Massachusetts | 203 | $288 million |
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | California | 248 | $277 million |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | 230 | $276 million |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | 188 | $226 million |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | 179 | $221 million |
Who has won Mental Health Research Grants grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Mental Health Research Grants (93.242) awarded $8.8 billion across 6,785 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Univ | Connecticut | 185 | $371 million |
| University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Pennsylvania | 200 | $297 million |
| University of California, Los Angeles | California | 176 | $234 million |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York | 144 | $212 million |
| The Washington University | Missouri | 149 | $211 million |
Who has won Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research (93.865) awarded $6.0 billion across 6,026 grant awards, an average of $1.0 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | 167 | $178 million |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | 133 | $146 million |
| University of Washington | Washington | 114 | $131 million |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Texas | 116 | $124 million |
| The Leland Stanford Junior University | California | 104 | $116 million |
Other programs behind this notice
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is RFA-HD-22-008 still open?
No. It closed on November 9, 2021.
Who can apply for Autism Centers of Excellence: Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)?
National Institutes of Health accepted applications from small businesses.
What is the deadline for Autism Centers of Excellence: Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)?
Closed November 9, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.
How much funding is available?
Awards of up to $1.5 million each.
Who has been funded under RFA-HD-22-008?
NIH RePORTER lists 5 projects funded under RFA-HD-22-008 in fiscal 2022 to 2026, at 5 institutions. The most were at University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, Duke University, Stanford University.
Who has won Environmental Health grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program made 1,980 awards worth $2.1 billion in that time.
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