An Analysis of Canadian Institute for Health Research Funding for Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Research theme</td><td class="align_center">Percentage of number of ASD-related grants funded</td><td class="align_center">Percentage of dollar value of ASD-related grants given</td><td class="align_center">Percentage of dollar value of all CIHR grants given</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Biomedical</td><td class="align_center">43%</td><td class="align_center">46%</td><td class="align_center">53%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Clinical</td><td class="align_center">27%</td><td class="align_center">41%</td><td class="align_center">13%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Not applicable or not specified</td><td class="align_center">12%</td><td class="align_center">3%</td><td class="align_center">21%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Health systems/services</td><td class="align_center">10%</td><td class="align_center">7%</td><td class="align_center">5%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Social/cultural/environmental/population health</td><td class="align_center">8%</td><td class="align_center">3%</td><td class="align_center">8%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Distribution by research theme of all grants and all ASD-related grants awarded by CIHR from 1991 to 2013.

Autism Research and Treatment

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Table 2: An Analysis of Canadian Institute for Health Research Funding for Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder 