Active Funding Opportunities and Notices for NICHD | NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

NICHD publishes and participates in various notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) and NIH Guide Notices (NOTs) to support research and training activities.

NOTs and Active NOFOs for NICHD

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Number Sort descending	Exp. Date	Activity Code(s)	Title
RFA-NS-23-006	April 5, 2025	R43/R44	HEAL INITIATIVE: Development of Therapies and Technologies Directed at Enhanced Pain Management (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-23-007	April 5, 2025	R41/R42	HEAL Initiative: Development of Therapies and Technologies Directed at Enhanced Pain Management (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-23-023	October 3, 2024	R34	BRAIN Initiative: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Planning Projects TargetedBCPP (R34 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-23-024	October 3, 2024	R01	BRAIN Initiative: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Projects- TargetedBCP (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-23-025	June 15, 2024	U01	BRAIN Initiative: Exploratory Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Programs - eTeamBCP (U01 Clinical Trials Optional)
RFA-NS-23-026	October 12, 2024	U24	BRAIN Initiative: Research Resource Grants for Technology Integration and Dissemination (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-23-028	June 10, 2025	RM1	HEAL Initiative: Interdisciplinary Team Science to Uncover the Mechanisms of Pain Relief by Medical Devices (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-NS-24-004	January 21, 2026	R01	BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-24-005	January 21, 2026	U01	BRAIN Initiative: Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-24-014	February 11, 2025	R25	NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity through Undergraduate Research Education Experiences (BP BRAIN-ENDURE) (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-24-016	January 29, 2027	UG3/UH3	BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-NS-24-017	January 29, 2027	UH3	BRAIN Initiative: Clinical Studies to Advance Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-NS-24-019	January 8, 2027	UG3/UH3	HEAL Initiative: Non-addictive Analgesic Therapeutics Development [Small Molecules and Biologics] to Treat Pain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-NS-24-021	February 7, 2025	R01	HEAL Initiative: Understanding Individual Differences in Human Pain Conditions (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-NS-24-030	October 7, 2026	F99/K00	NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-24-031	January 29, 2027	R18	BRAIN Initiative: Preclinical Proof of Concept for Novel Recording and Modulation Technologies in the Human CNS (R18 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-25-012	January 16, 2027	R61/R33	HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-OD-21-007	July 4, 2024	R21	INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-OD-22-007	July 2, 2024	R21	INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Clinical Trial Readiness (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-OD-22-008	July 2, 2024	R03	Small Research Grants for Analysis, Curation, and/or Sharing of Down syndrome-related Research Data for the INCLUDE Project (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)