HEAL Initiative: Limited Competition for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study - Research Project Sites (Collaborative U01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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Opportunity number
RFA-DA-27-013
Agency
Applications due
Award size
Not on record

Opportunity facts

Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Health
Eligible applicants
  • Other
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the NIH HEAL Initiative, is soliciting applications for research project sites in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study through a limited competition cooperative agreement mechanism with an application due date of July 10, 2026. This is a limited competition: only meritorious applications will be considered for funding, and only eligible organizations previously designated for participation may apply.

HBCD is a nationwide, multi-site longitudinal cohort study following approximately 7,200 pregnant women and their children from the second trimester of pregnancy through childhood, with particular focus on prenatal exposure to prescription and illicit opioids, marijuana, stimulants, alcohol, and nicotine. Research Project Sites are responsible for participant recruitment and retention, behavioral assessments, biospecimen collection, and neuroimaging. This is a renewal funding the second five-year period of the study.

The HBCD Consortium consists of three integrated components: Research Project Sites (this NOFO), a single Consortium Administrative Core (HCAC), and a single Data Coordinating Center (HDCC). The HCAC and HDCC are addressed in a companion NOFO (RFA-DA-27-014). Upon funding, investigators are expected to work jointly with NIH scientific staff to assist, guide, coordinate, and participate in project activities.

The funding instrument is a Cooperative Agreement (U01 activity code). The opportunity falls under multiple federal grant programs: NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (CFDA 93.313), Mental Health Research Grants (93.242), Alcohol Research Programs (93.273), Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (93.279), Environmental Health (93.113), Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research (93.865), and related NIH research programs administered through the Department of Health and Human Services.

Synopsis

This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite applications from eligible organizations to apply. Please see Section III. Eligibility, for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard peer-review processes, the applications will be peer-reviewed, and only meritorious applications will be considered for funding. This NOFO will renew the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Research Project Sites.The HBCD Study is a nationwide, multi-site, longitudinal study that follows children from birth through childhood. The study examines brain and behavioral development, with a focus on how prenatal substance exposure affects health outcomes.The HBCD Consortium consists of three highly integrated components: (1) a set of linked Research Project Sites, (2) a single overall Consortium Administrative Core (HCAC); and (3) a single central Data Coordinating Center (HDCC). As such, this NOFO runs in parallel with a companion NOFO that solicits applications for the HCAC and the HDCC (RFA-DA-27-014). It is expected that investigators, upon funding, will work jointly with NIH scientific staff to assist, guide, coordinate, and participate in project activities.

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