Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $157,300 Project Grant to The Pennsylvania State University (May 1, 2026 – April 30, 2028) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). This project delivers harmonized demographic data and projections on the U.S. population of immigrants without permanent residence (IWPR) and their children through the consolidation and standardization of existing federal datasets, including the American Community Survey, Department of Homeland Security admission records, and demographic estimates of mortality and emigration. The research team will produce detailed estimates of the IWPR population stratified by demographic characteristics such as age, sex, year of arrival, visa classification, and duration of U.S. residence, along with population dynamics including annual in-flows, out-flows, and net growth.

The project delivers two primary products: (1) detailed current estimates of the IWPR population (ages 0-17) and their children developed through innovative residual methodologies applied to pre-existing public data, and (2) 10-year population projections under various demographic scenarios. All harmonized data, documentation, and methodological materials will be deposited in the Data Sharing for Demographic Research Archive (DSDR) to facilitate broader research access and enable investigators to conduct detailed analyses of this significant population segment, which comprises approximately one-third of all U.S. foreign-born adults and children.