Grant✓ Small businesses may apply
Maximizing the Scientific Value of Data Generated by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: Dissertation Grant (R36 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
Program funding
$1,260,000
- Opportunity #
- RFA-OD-27-006
- Agency
- National Institutes of Health
- ALN (CFDA)
- 93.310, 93.313
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- May 28, 2026
- Closes
- Oct 15, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Health
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Private institutions of higher education
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- •City or township governments
- •State governments
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- •For profit organizations other than small businesses
- •Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Small businesses
- •Special district governments
- •Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- •County governments
- •Independent school districts
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 Organizations) 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.
Synopsis
The goal of this NOFO is to support doctoral candidates studying high-priority areas of child health for the completion of their doctoral dissertation research project. This NOFO seeks to advance research in child health by stimulating the use of Environmental Influences on Child Health (ECHO) Cohort data by doctoral students in relevant scientific areas. This RFA will provide students working on dissertations the opportunity to access the ECHO data within the NICHD Data and Specimen Hub (DASH) repository. ECHO"s DASH dataset integrates de-identified longitudinal data from more than 71,000 participants across the U.S. Prenatal and child exposure data include physical, chemical, social, behavioral, and biological factors. ECHO"s five primary pediatric outcome areas are pre-, peri-, and postnatal outcomes, upper and lower airway, obesity, neurodevelopment, and positive health. This award will facilitate the entry of promising new investigators into the field of early environmental exposures and child health research, enhancing the pool of highly talented researchers.
Contact
National Institutes of Health · ECHO.NOFO@nih.gov