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Limited Competition for the HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study – Coordinating Administrative Core and Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Assistance Listings: 93.279 -- Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs
Description
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) including the NIH HEAL Initiative intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for the Coordinating Administrative Core (HCAC) and the Data Coordinating Center (HDCC) for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study. This is a Forecast for a Limited Competition that will invite application(s) from eligible organization(s) to apply. Please see Eligibility Section for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard peer-review processes, the application(s) will be peer-reviewed, and only meritorious application(s) will be considered for funding.
...HBCD is a large cohort of pregnant women and their children (~N = 7,200 dyads) recruited during their 2nd or 3rd trimester of pregnancy and followed longitudinally into childhood. This is a renewal that will continue the funding for the second 5-year period. The HBCD cohort includes babies exposed pre- or perinatally to prescription and illicit opioids, marijuana, stimulants, alcohol and/or nicotine, and the study protocol includes assessments that span multiple domains of child and caregiver outcomes, including measures of growth, medical and family history, activity and sleep levels, biospecimens, social, emotional, and cognitive function, socioenvironmental and cultural factors, and brain indices using MRI and EEG. The HDCC coordinates, standardizes, and integrates all core data collection, processing, storage, and analytic activities of the consortium, and facilitates data sharing to the broader scientific community to enable broad use of HBCD data. The HCAC is responsible for leadership and management of the HBCD consortium; including, budget, performance metrics, protocol standardization, policies, outreach and dissemination plans across the consortium Applications are not being solicited at this time. Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. This limited competition NOFO will utilize the U24 activity code.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Other Native American tribal organizations
Government
- County governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- State governments
Additional information
Grantor contact information
Description
janani.prabhakar@nih.gov
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
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Forecasted
Estimated Post Date:
November 18, 2025
Estimated Application Due Date:
February 17, 2026
Estimated Due Date Description:
Not available
Estimated Award Date:
September 1, 2026
Estimated Project Start Date:
September 1, 2026
Fiscal Year:
2026
Award
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Program Funding
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Expected awards
$--
Award Minimum
$--
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
FOR-DA-26-003
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Category Explanation:
History
Version:
2
Forecast posted date:
May 9, 2025
Archive date:
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