The NICHD is involved in a number of FOAs, including Requests for Applications (RFAs), Program Announcements (PAs), PAs with special reviews (PARs), and Notices (NOTs) related to the neurosciences that are now archived. Although these FOAs are no longer active, they are provided to indicate areas of continued interest to the NICHD.

Archived FOAs related to the neurosciences

• RFA-MH-09-173 Recovery Act Limited Competition: Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R34 and Collaborative R34)
  
  
• RFA-MH-09-172 Recovery Act Limited Competition: Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R21)
  
  
• RFA-MH-09-171 Recovery Act Limited Competition: Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (Collaborative R01)
  
  
• RFA-MH-09-170 Recovery Act Limited Competition: Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01)
  
  
• RFA-HD-09-028 Factors Affecting Cognitive Function in Adults with Down Syndrome
  
  
• RFA-HD-09-008 Cooperative Research Partnerships to Promote Workforce Diversity in the Reproductive Sciences (U01)
  
  
• RFA-HD-09-007 Outcomes Research in Orthotics and Prosthetics (R01)
  
  
• RFA-HD-08-012 Innovations in Lower Limb Prostheses Attachment (R01)
  
  
• RFA-HD-08-003 Multi-Drug Combinations to Promote Neurological Recovery in Traumatic Brain Injury (R01)
  
  
• RFA-OD-08-001 Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (U54)
  
  
• PA-07-201 Characterization, Behavior and Plasticity of Pluripotent Stem Cells (R01)
  
  
• PAS-07-192 Basic and Clinical Research on Rett Syndrome and MECP2 (R01)
  
  
• PA-07-125 Muscular Dystrophy: Pathogenesis and Therapies (R01)
  
  
• RFA-HD-07-013 Limited Competition for Fragile X Research Center Revision Application (P30)
  
  
• RFA-DC-07-005 Short-Term Interdisciplinary Career Enhancement Awards for Neurodegeneration Research (K18)
  
  
• RFA-AG-07-004 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Interdisciplinary Individual Postdoctoral Fellows for Training in Neurodegeneration Research (F32)
  
  
• RFA-NS-07-004 Biomarkers in Neurodegeneration (R21)
  
  
• RFA-RM-07-004 Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research via Methodological and Technological Innovation in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
  
  
• RFA-EY-07-001 Therapeutics Delivery for Neurodegenerative Diseases (R21)
  
  
• PA-06-543 Mechanisms, Models, and Management in Pain Research (R03)
  
  
• PA-06-542 Mechanisms, Models, and Management in Pain Research (R21)
  
  
• PA-06-508 Muscular Dystrophy: Pathogenesis and Therapies (R21)
  
  
• PAR-06-312 Biology of Manual Therapies (R21)
  
  
• PA-06-279 Neurotechnology Research, Development and Enhancement(R01)
  
  
• PA-06-278 Neurotechnology Research, Development and Enhancement(R21)
  
  
• PAS-06-274 Basic and Clinical Research on Rett Syndrome and MECP2 (R21)
  
  
• PAS-06-273 Basic and Clinical Research on Rett Syndrome and MECP2 (R03)
  
  
• PA-06-242 Aging Musculoskeletal and Skin Extracellular Matrix (R21)
  
  
• PA-06-203 Exploratory/Developmental Program for Translational Research in Muscular Dystrophy (R21)
  
  
• PA-06-198 Characterization, Behavior and Plasticity of Pluripotent Stem Cells (R21)
  
  
• RFA-HD-06-016 Autism Centers of Excellence (P50)
  
  
• RFA-HD-06-004 Autism Centers of Excellence (R01)
  
  

In addition, the NICHD is also involved in the archived FOAs related to the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research.