Longitudinal evaluation of promotive and protective factors for academic functioning for students with adhd across the transition to middle school

The Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences awarded Children's Research Institute $861,612 on October 1, 2025, under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324) to conduct a longitudinal evaluation of promotive and protective factors for academic functioning in students with ADHD across the transition to middle school.

The project runs through June 30, 2027, with place of performance in Washington, DC. Children's Research Institute is a tax-exempt nonprofit pediatric research organization operating as the research subsidiary of Children's National Medical Center and conducting investigator-initiated research across neuroscience, oncology, immunology, rare diseases, and cardiac and pulmonary medicine.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, doing business as Children's Home Healthcare, serves as a sub-recipient on this award, awarded a sub-grant on December 17, 2024. Cincinnati Children's is a tax-exempt pediatric hospital and research center based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that serves as a federal grant recipient and contract prime delivering pediatric clinical research, vaccine safety assessment, and translational biomedical research to the National Institutes of Health and Department of Health and Human Services agencies.

The Research in Special Education program funds scientifically rigorous research contributing to solutions for early intervention and education problems associated with children with disabilities. Awards are competitive, based on scientific merit determined by peer review, prior performance under federal awards, and contribution to the overall program of research. Projects are generally supported for one to five years on a 12-month funding basis.