Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): COVID-19 Related School Disruptions Impact on Mental Health, Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Development of Children
Notice NOT-MH-21-225 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 31, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Extramural Scientific Workforce – Outcomes from an NIH-Led Survey
Conclusion The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been far-reaching. Our survey findings show that the scientific workforce has not been immune to its effects. It is clear the NIH-funded community of extramural researchers has experienced inequities in several domains, with early-career researchers and those with caregiving responsibilities most affected. NIH has already begun taking preemptive actions for investigators early in their careers, recently issuing a guide notice detailing opportunities for extension of Fellowship (F) and Career Development (K) awards impacted by COVID-19. NIH has also allowed investigators ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 25, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Marie A. Bernard and Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike biomedical research workforce COVID-19 Source Type: funding

Drug-Free Communities Support Program
Awards funding to coalitions working to reduce substance abuse among youth and to establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, organizations, and governmental entities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Children funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Children funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - March 12, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Child and Reproductive Population Health
Notice NOT-HD-20-032 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 10, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Parenting in a Time of COVID
Guest post by Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., NIH Associate Director for Science Policy, originally released on the Under the Poliscope blog Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D.,Associate Director for Science Policy, NIH Next week marks the one-year anniversary of NIH shifting to maximum telework in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like employers and employees across the country, overnight we needed to adapt our entire enterprise and reinvent our jobs in the virtual workplace. Coincidentally, next week is also when with a deep breath and a big hug, I send my six year old back to school in person, masked up and excited to meet his 1st grade...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 9, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Carrie Wolinetz Tags: blog Open Mike COVID COVID-19 Source Type: funding

Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx)
Provides funding for state agencies, territories, and tribal entities that have completed a Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant or a similar state plan to target prescription drug misuse. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Children funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Children funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - March 2, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: funding

Announcement of Childcare Costs for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Supported Individual Fellows
We recognize that the high cost of childcare impacts the ability of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in many ways, including successfully completing their training and fully participating in the extramural research workforce. Pieces like these from Scientific American in 2019 and 2020, Science, and Nature Cancer as well as this recent report underscore the reality faced by some early-career researchers when balancing professional and personal responsibilities. NIH is dedicated to fostering a well-trained and diverse biomedical research workforce, which involves supporting family-friendly policies and initiatives...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 2, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike biomedical research workforce Family Friendly fellowship NRSA Source Type: funding

Confirmatory Efficacy Clinical Trials of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Mental Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-132 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This is a reissue of RFA-MH-18-707: Confirmatory Efficacy Clinical Trials of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Mental Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Required). As part of NIMH's clinical trials pipeline FOAs, this announcement supports confirmatory efficacy testing of non pharmacological therapeutic and preventive interventions for mental disorders in adults and children that address unmet therapeutic needs, and are consistent with the NIMH emphasis on the experimental therapeutics approach. In this approach, clinical trials should be designe...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 2, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance of Blood Lead Levels in Children
Funding for childhood lead poisoning prevention and surveillance, as well as working closely with other agencies and healthcare providers to ensure that a comprehensive system of identification, referral, follow-up, and evaluation is in place for children exposed to lead. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - March 1, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Notice of NICHD Participation in RFA-DA-21-022 "HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Consortium Administrative Core (U24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-HD-21-012 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 23, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of NICHD Participation in RFA-DA-21-021 "HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (U01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-HD-21-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 23, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of NICHD Participation in RFA-DA-21-020 "HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (Collaborative U01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-HD-21-010 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 23, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Systems-Level Risk Detection and Interventions to Reduce Suicide Ideation and Behaviors in Black Children and Adolescents (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Notice NOT-MH-21-186 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 23, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Systems-Level Risk Detection and Interventions to Reduce Suicide Ideation and Behaviors in Black Children and Adolescents (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Notice NOT-MH-21-185 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 23, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of NICHD Participation in RFA-DA-21-023 "HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Data Coordinating Center (U24)"
Notice NOT-HD-21-013 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 23, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding