Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Australia.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Nov;49(11):4400-4408. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04155-1.
Autism research funding across the world has disproportionately been invested in biological and genetic research, despite evidence that these topics are not prioritized by community members. We sought to determine whether a similar pattern was evident in Australia's autism research funding landscape between 2008 and 2017, by analysing the nation's portfolio of autism research investments. We also examined whether there was any change in this pattern of funding since the establishment in 2013 of the Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC). Overall, Australian autism research funding during 2008-2017 followed a similar pattern to other countries, but shifted in the past 5 years. Further progress is required to bring research funding into line with community priorities.
尽管有证据表明这些主题并不是社区成员的优先事项，但全球自闭症研究资金仍不成比例地投向了生物学和遗传学研究。我们试图通过分析澳大利亚自闭症研究投资组合，来确定 2008 年至 2017 年间澳大利亚自闭症研究资金是否存在类似的模式。我们还研究了自 2013 年成立自闭症合作研究中心（Autism CRC）以来，这种资金模式是否发生了任何变化。总体而言，2008 年至 2017 年期间澳大利亚的自闭症研究资金遵循与其他国家类似的模式，但在过去 5 年中发生了转变。需要进一步努力，使研究资金与社区的优先事项保持一致。
