National Institutes of Health

Description

This Notice of Funding opportunity (NOFO), issued by the Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites applications from entities/institutions in Institutional Development Award (IDeA)-eligible States to participate as Clinical Sites in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ECHO ISPCTN). This NOFO runs in parallel with companion NOFO (NOFO -OD-***) that will solicit applications for a Data Coordinating and Operations Center (DCOC) within the IDeA States. The ECHO ISPCTN Clinical Sites and DCOC together will form the ECHO ISPCTN. The ECHO ISPCTN is the intervention component of the ECHO program and supports its overall mission to enhance the health of children for generations to come. Each ISPCTN Clinical Site will support site readiness to participate in approximately five ECHO ISPCTN multicenter pediatric clinical trials related to prevention or treatment of one or more of ECHOs five outcome areas of interest: pre-, peri-, and postnatal outcomes; upper and lower airways; obesity; neurodevelopment; and positive health. Overall, the five trials should address at least two of the five areas. The Clinical Site will have responsibility to Develop, conduct, and disseminate findings from multicenter clinical trials research, assuring the participation of children living in rural or underserved communities in IDeA states Build pediatric clinical trial research capacity in IDeA states funded by the ECHO ISPCTN Engage interested parties such as community members, nonprofit organizations, and professional societies to enhance ECHO ISPCTN clinical trial impact, transferability, rigor, and feasibility Through the rigorous use of appropriate scientific methodology and by recruiting and retaining the numbers of participants that justify multicenter trials, the ECHO ISPCTN aims to provide valid and generalizable answers to intervention research questions relevant to the health

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others

Contact

NIH Grants Information<br/>grantsinfo@nih.gov
grantsinfo@nih.gov