Project Grant R01HL169859

This $178,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) supports research to develop an early life phenotyping framework for very preterm infants. The research aims to create 'perinatal phenotypes' by integrating variables such as reason for preterm birth, intrapartum care, and neonatal presentation, and then determine how these phenotypes contribute to...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center received a $474,878 Project Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. The research project, "Quantifying the Impact of Hyperglycemia on Embryonic Metabolism and Development in C. elegans," generates single-cell...

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $187,500 Project Grant to Pennington Biomedical Research Center on August 11, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The research project, titled "Beyond Folate—A Supplementation Strategy to Prevent Neural Tube Defects," will be conducted through July 31, 2027. The award supports investigator-initiated research examining how...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded the University of Alabama at Birmingham a $1.93 million Project Grant on March 4, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to conduct a 10-year follow-up study of the Medical Optimization and Management of Pregnancies with Overt Type 2 Diabetes (MOMPOD FU) Study. The project, with completion targeted for February 28, 2031, will...

This project grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) supports research investigating placental essential fatty acid (EFA) metabolism in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) through integrative spatial multiomics. Awarded to Oregon Health & Science University on August 1, 2025, with total obligations of $1.512 million through April 30, 2030, the research aims to...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago received a $191,245 project grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), effective July 15, 2025, through May 31, 2030. The award supports the development of a predictive risk score for prediabetes and youth-onset Type 2 Diabetes (YT2D) through analysis of clinical...

Federal Grant Award Summary Vanderbilt University Medical Center received a $449,242 Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2028. This award supports research investigating the effects of maternal metformin exposure and dietary patterns on fetal pancreatic islet beta-cell development and function using a...

Summary Pennington Biomedical Research Center received a $783,680 Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2030. The award supports a prospective research initiative examining associations between early-life blood metal exposures, DNA methylation (DNAm) patterns, and cardiometabolic...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a Project Grant of $467,474 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham on September 16, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct a multicenter randomized clinical trial examining optimal human milk feeding volumes for very preterm infants born between 27 to 31 weeks of gestation. The study will randomize 486 infants into...

Rush University Medical Center received a $632,928 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) on September 10, 2025. The project, titled "Neurodevelopmental, Health, and Economic Outcomes at Preschool Age in Former Very Preterm Infants Randomized to an Economic Intervention to Support Mother's Own Milk," will be conducted in Illinois and run...