Child Health and Human Development Other Research

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's mission is to lead research and training to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, and optimize a

The Other Research mechanism includes 1) Research Career Programs, 2) Cooperative Clinical Research, 3) Biomedical Research Support, and 4) Other Research Related. Other Research mechanism grants include the following activity codes: all the activity codes that begin with K, i.e., K08 & K23. Also activity codes: R10, U10, U50, UG1, S10, D43, D71, F99, OT2, P2C, R13, R24, R25, U24 and U2C.

Universities, colleges, medical, dental, and nursing schools, schools of public health, laboratories, hospitals, State, and local health departments, other public or private institutions, both nonprofit and for-profit, and individuals. Applicants must be citizens of the United States or be admitted to the United States for permanent residency; they also must be nominated and sponsored by a public or private institution having staff and facilities suitable to the proposed research training. Domestic nonprofit organizations may apply for the institutional NRS grant. To be eligible for funding, a grant application must be approved for scientific merit and program relevance by a scientific review group, a national advisory council and reflect alignment with Administration Priorities. For Research Career Programs with the exception of K99 grants: Applicants must be citizens of the United States or a non-citizen national of the United States or be admitted to the United States for permanent residency; they also must be nominated and sponsored by a public or private institution having staff and facilities to the proposed research training. Foreign entities are not eligible to apply.

Beneficiary eligibility is the same as applicant eligibility.

Health/ Medical, Higher Education (includes Research). Grantee agrees to administer the grant in accordance with the regulations and policies governing the research grant programs of the Public Health Service as stated in the terms and conditions on the application for the grant.

Please note specific restrictions which may be listed within their unique Funding Opportunities & Notices: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/grants-contracts/funding-opps-and-notices

The major elements in evaluating proposals include assessments of the significance of the proposed research; approach; innovation; investigators; environment; and alignment with Administration Priorities.

Each application receives a dual scientific review by non-NIH scientists. Awards are issued by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines, or consult the specific Funding Opportunity Announcement listed in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts at: https://grants.nih.gov/funding/searchGuide/nih-guide-to-grants-and-contracts.cfm. General guidance about application due dates may be found at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/due-dates-and submission-policies/standard-due-dates.htm

six to nine months.

Renewal applications are accepted, as described in the relevant Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) found at: https://grants.nih.gov/funding/explore-nih-opportunities

A principal investigator (P.I.) may question the substantive or procedural aspects of the review of his/her application by communicating with the staff of the Institute. A description of the NIH Peer Review Appeal procedures is available on the NIH web site at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants-process/submit/submission-policies/resubmission-applications