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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research

Federal program · program number 93.865 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · also called “Child Health and Human Development”

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For research project grants, fiscal year 2024, range is $50,000 to $5,000,000; average is $534,606. Individual research fellowship awards: Basic stipend (first year beyond the doctoral degree) of approximately...

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What it pays for

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 abilities for all.

Who can apply

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. National Research Service Award: Support is provided for academic and research training only, in health and health-related areas that are periodically specified by the National Institutes of Health. Individuals with a professional or scientific degree are eligible (M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S., D.O., D.V.M., Sc.D., D.Eng., or equivalent domestic or foreign degree). Predoctoral research training grants to institutions are also supported. Proposed study must result in biomedical or behavioral research training in a specified shortage area and which may offer opportunity to research health scientists, research clinicians, etc., to broaden their scientific background or to extend their potential for research in health-related areas. 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. SBIR: SBIR grants can be awarded only to domestic small businesses (entities that are...

How applications are judged

The major elements in evaluating proposals include assessments of the significance of the proposed research; approach; innovation; investigators; and environment. The following criteria will be used in considering the scientific and technical merit of SBIR/STTR Phase I grant applications: (1) The soundness and technical merit of the proposed approach; (2) the qualifications of the proposed principal investigator, supporting staff, and consultants; (3) the technological innovation of the proposed research; (4) the potential of the proposed research for commercial application; (5) the appropriateness of the budget requested; (6) the adequacy and suitability of the facilities and research environment; and (7) where applicable, the adequacy of assurances detailing the proposed means for (a) safeguarding human or animal subjects, and/or (b) protecting against or minimizing any adverse effect on the environment. Phase II grant applications will be reviewed based upon the following criteria: (1) The degree to which the Phase I objectives were met and feasibility demonstrated; (2) the scientific and technical merit of the proposed approach for achieving the Phase II objectives; (3) the qualifications of the proposed principal investigator, supporting staff, and consultants; (4) the technological innovation originality, or societal importance of the proposed research; (5) the potential of the proposed research for commercial application; (6) the reasonableness of the budget...

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Examples of funded projects

Fiscal year 2025: The following is a tiny sample of fiscal year 2025 NICHD funded grants within the discretionary award class type. 1) Understanding the role of early life social determinants and sex-specific pubertal pathways in the development of adolescent chronic pain. 2) Improving In Vitro Fertilization Success through Multiplexed Optical Metabolic Imaging. 3) Genetic Studies of Large Palindromes. 4) A Safe, Fast, and Cost-Effective System for Tissue Removal in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Other Minimally Invasive Surgery. The following is a tiny sample of fiscal year 2025 NICHD funded grants within the cooperative agreement award class type. 1) Study of Treatment and Reproductive outcomes. 2) Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS): Research on Immune Aging, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Perinatal Acquisition: Elucidating Relationships in HIV (RISE). 3) Pelvic Floor Disorders Network Data Coordinating Center. 4) NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network: Data Coordinating Center. Fiscal year 2026: The following is a tiny sample of fiscal year 2026 NICHD funded grants within the discretionary award class type. 1) Placental Proteins and Prematurity. 2) In...

Who in Tennessee has won this program

23 awards to Tennessee groups since 1977 · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$10.1M1977
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$9.5M2020
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$8M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$6.3M2004
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville$5.6M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$5.1M2018
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$4.2M2012
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$4.1M2016
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$3.7M1997
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$3.7M2010
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$3.5M2019
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$3.4M2022

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 92 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of California, San Diego$1.3M2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University Medical Center$1.1M2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Texas at Austin$669K2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University Medical Center$652K2026
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.Memphis, Shelby CountyHarvard Medical School$600K spent that year2025
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.Memphis, Shelby County5P01Hd103133-03$592K spent that year2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleVumc$576K spent that year2024
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby CountyHarvard College President & Fellows of$495K2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyThe Johns Hopkins University$462K2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University$379K spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Georgia$370K spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University$349K2023

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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