The Department of Health and Human Services has announced $26 million in funding for the Autism Centers of Excellence Networks Program.

The ACE Networks will focus on supporting the broad research goals of the Interagency Coordinating Committee Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research. he Plan provides a blueprint for autism research that is advisory to the Department of Health and Human Services and serves as a basis for partnerships with other agencies and private organizations involved in autism research and services.

The institutes participating in the application process include: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

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New Grants for the Autism Centers of Excellence: Networks