Ohio Group Prenatal Care Initiatives
Grants to medical practices and healthcare facilities in Ohio to support planning for group prenatal care services for pregnant women, especially in rural communities and other areas of the state with high preterm birth rates. Geographic coverage: Ohio -- Ohio Department of Health (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 8, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Maternal Telehealth Access Project: Collaboration and Innovation for Equity and Healthy Families
Grants for organizations to strengthen their COVID-19 response by delivering or supporting the delivery of equitable maternal health support and services through telehealth. The goal of the program is to ensure that women at highest risk receive quality maternal care services before, during, and/or after pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - August 31, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

NIH Helps Small Businesses Change the World
Did you know that the NIH’s small business programs (SBIR and STTR) invest over 1 billion dollars into life science and healthcare companies each year? The newly-created Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) office provides grantees with many of the valuable entrepreneurship and commercialization services we have discussed in previous blogs to help them thrive. As our small business program has grown, we have seen early ideas transform into improved patient access to technologies. To celebrate these successes, the NIH has launched a new interactive mapping tool thatfeatures many of the amazi...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 13, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike SBIR small business Source Type: funding

Inclusion Across the Lifespan II Workshop: September 2, 2020
Discussions will include considerations for special populations (e.g. racial/ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, rural/isolated populations, language minority individuals, pregnant and lactating women, people with co-morbidities, sexual and gender minorities, and other groups). The workshop will bring together experts with a variety of backgrounds in clinical study development and execution to discuss topics such as: Inclusion/exclusion criteriaStudy design and metricsRecruitment, enrollment, and retentionData analysis and study interpretation Register before September 1, 2020 and watch the videocas...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 31, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Calendar Inclusion inclusion across the lifespan NIH workshops Source Type: funding

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
Funding to support collection of population-based data on maternal and child health indicators that can be used to monitor the prevalence of maternal behaviors and experiences to inform programs, research, and systems changes that influence maternal and infant health. Component B of the program is Tribal surveillance. 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 - July 7, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Notice of Information for RFA-HD-21-005, Genomic Predictors of Pregnancy Loss (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Notice NOT-HD-20-015 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 13, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Moms' Access Project ECHO: Perinatal Psychiatry Case Conference Series
A CME accredited virtual case conference series designed to help providers in Washington State who want to improve the mental health of their pregnant and postpartum patients. The program format is brief didactic followed by in depth case presentation and discussion. Geographic coverage: Washington -- University of Washington (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - May 5, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements to Advance Safe and Effective Therapeutics in Pregnant and Lactating Women and Children
Notice NOT-HD-20-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 25, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Genomic Predictors of Pregnancy Loss (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HD-21-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support studies which utilize emerging genomic technologies to identify variants which predict risk for pregnancy loss in subsequent pregnancies beyond standard karyotype approaches. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 19, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Optimally Change the Map of Teen Pregnancy through Replication of Programs Proven Effective (Tier 1)
Grants for replicating effective programs designed to improve the optimal health of adolescents and reduce teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections through saturation of communities with the greatest needs and disparities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, 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 - February 25, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Request for Information on Inclusion Across the Lifespan II Workshop
Make your comments and suggestions heard as NIH plans the follow-up to the 2017 Inclusion Across the Lifespan workshop, the Inclusion Across the Lifespan II (IAL-II) workshop that will focus on the recruitment and retention of pediatric, geriatric, and other underrepresented participants in clinical studies. NIH is particularly interested in hearing about challenges to enrollment of individuals of all ages in clinical research studies and strategies for including other underrepresented populations that were not addressed in the first workshop (e.g., sex/gender minorities, racial/ethnic minorities, people with disabilit...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 13, 2019 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Policy Top Stories Inclusion inclusion across the lifespan Source Type: funding

Wisconsin Urban Rural Women's Substance Use Services Grant
Grants to provide comprehensive substance use disorder services for women in urban and rural settings in Wisconsin. Goals include providing evidence-based services and wrap-around supports, reducing relapse, and reducing substance use related deaths. Target populations include pregnant women, postpartum women, parenting women, and women who are injection drug users. Geographic coverage: Wisconsin -- Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 24, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Pregnancy as a Vulnerable Time Period for Women's Health (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-ES-20-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to accelerate multidisciplinary research projects studying the effects of environmental chemicals on maternal physiology, and endocrine and metabolic functions during and shortly after pregnancy, as well as potential long-term maternal health effects caused by environmental exposures. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 17, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest: Research to Improve Pre-Pregnancy Care and Enhance Healthy Birth Intervals
Notice NOT-HD-19-019 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 4, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

USDA WIC Telehealth Innovations Project
A cooperative agreement for a single entity to support the implementation and evaluation of telehealth services in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) federal nutrition assistance program that serves low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women; infants; and children up to 5 years old who are at nutrition risk. The purpose of the telehealth program is to supplement the nutrition education and breastfeeding support offered in WIC clinics, and to decrease barriers to access to WIC services, particularly in rural communities, and other populations facing barriers to accessing support. Geographic coverage: Nation...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 4, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: funding