This Science News Wire page contains a press release issued by an organization and is provided to you "as is" with little or no review from Science X staff.

New NIH funding for 2 Autism Centers of Excellence

April 2nd, 2013

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $5.3 million in initial one-year funding to the latest two recipients of the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) program. With these awards, announced on World Autism Awareness Day, these and nine other ACE centers around the country are now being funded for up to five years. The program was created in 2007 to launch an intense and coordinated research effort aimed at identifying the causes of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and finding new treatments.

ASDs are complex neurodevelopmental disorders that affect how a person behaves, interacts with others, and communicates and learns. The symptoms, skills, and levels of disability present in people diagnosed with an ASD vary widely.

"While progress in research on ASD has been rapid, complex questions remain about the causes of these disorders, how to detect them very early, and how to intervene most effectively," said National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director Dr. Thomas Insel. "Centers receiving ACE funding have marshaled the interdisciplinary expertise and technical resources needed to move the science forward as quickly as possible."

The new ACE awards will fund two research networks, or consortia of research centers, each focusing on specific aims:

Provided by National Institutes of Health

Citation: New NIH funding for 2 Autism Centers of Excellence (2013, April 2) retrieved 31 July 2026 from https://sciencex.com/wire-news/126358364/new-nih-funding-for-2-autism-centers-of-excellence.html

This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.