Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Impact of Policy Changes and Emerging and Evolving Public Health Crises on NICHD Populations of Interest

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is issuing this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to announce that research on the effects of:

• emerging and evolving public health crises; and/or
• policy changes

on the health, development, and well-being of populations of interest to the NICHD is of high program priority. The NICHD populations of interest are neonates, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults, pregnant and post-partum and nursing people, individuals of reproductive age, and individuals with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities, as well as the families of these individuals. For information on the NICHD Strategic Plan 2020, see NICHD Strategic Plan 2020 | NICHD – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (nih.gov)

Applicants must select the IC and associated FOA to use for submission of an application in response to the NOSI. The selection must align with the IC requirements listed in order to be considered responsive to that FOA. Non-responsive applications will be withdrawn from consideration for this initiative. In addition, applicants using NIH Parent announcements (listed below) will be assigned to those ICs on this NOSI that have indicated those FOAs are acceptable and based on usual application-IC assignment practices.

• PA-20-183 Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
• PA-20-185 NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• PA-20-184 Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
• PA-20-194 NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Required)
• PA-20-195 NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• PA-20-196 NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
• PA-20-200 NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• PA-21-221 NICHD Small Research Grant Program (R03 Clinical Trial Required)
• PA-21-231 NICHD Small Research Grant Program (R03 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
• PAR-21-155 Academic Research Enhancement Award for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• PAR-21-154 Academic Research Enhancement Award for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Required)
• PAR-21-357 Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Required)
• PAR-22-060 Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)