Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual Learning (NExT AI) Hubs (P20 Clinical Trial Optional)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- RFA-HD-27-006
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- State Governments
- City/Township Governments
- For Profit Organizations
- County Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Other
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Small Businesses
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Special District Governments
- Points of contact
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About this opportunity
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development seeks applications for the Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual Learning (NExT AI) Hubs initiative, with applications due October 2, 2026. The program funds exploratory research on artificial intelligence technologies and their impact on developmental outcomes in children diagnosed with or at risk for specific learning disabilities (SLD) impacting reading, writing, and mathematics.
Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, tribal organizations and governments, small businesses, public and private higher education institutions, independent school districts, and special district governments. Non-domestic entities and foreign components of U.S. organizations are not eligible.
Each NExT AI Hub comprises a single Research Project and a Leadership Core. The program aims to accelerate high-risk, high-impact research addressing understudied questions about AI's role in supporting or limiting learning, cognitive, and socio-emotional outcomes for children with SLDs; build an evidence base to inform policy and practice; and provide career-enhancing research and professional development opportunities for early-career and transdisciplinary investigators. The initiative intends to generate intellectual infrastructure enabling NExT AI investigators to compete for larger research project opportunities.
The program operates under CFDA 93.865 (Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research). Grant authorities include Public Health Service Act Sections 301, 448, and 487, as amended (42 U.S.C. 241, 285g, 288), and the Small Business Research and Development Enhancement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-564, 118-47). Applications are subject to dual scientific review by non-NIH scientists and evaluated on significance, approach, innovation, investigator qualifications, and research environment. The NOFO anticipates multi-project applications using FORMS-I submission procedures.
Synopsis
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites exploratory grant applications, hereafter referred to as the Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual learning Hubs or NExT AI Hubs (formerly Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs), to address the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies on developmental outcomes in children diagnosed with or at risk for developing a specific learning disability (SLD) impacting reading, writing, and mathematics. NExT AI Hubs include a single Research Project and a Leadership Core that support the goals and aims of the Hub. This NOFO seeks to serve as a catalyst to 1) speed the maturation of nascent/novel, high-impact, high-risk research that advances understanding of the role AI technology plays in supporting, improving, or limiting the learning, cognitive, and socio-emotional needs of children at risk for or diagnosed with SLDs, 2) build an evidence base for the SLD community to inform policy or practice, and 3) provide project-embedded, career-enhancing research and professional development opportunities to support the next generation of transdisciplinary SLD scientists. This initiative provides opportunities to support planning and building a body of research and corresponding intellectual infrastructure to enable NExT AI investigators to compete for large research and program project opportunities in the future.This NOFO aims to integrate research topics that are of relevance to various research programs at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and align with the NICHD Strategic Plan. The NOFO intends to build cross-programmatic, transdisciplinary and cross-cutting scientific research, and critically nurture the development of early career investigators capable of conducting this research.
Eligibility
Refer to Section III. Eligibility Information in the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.Foreign Organizations/International Collaborations:Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organization) are not eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
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