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	Exp. Date	Activity Code(s)	Title Sort ascending
PAR-23-309	November 6, 2026	R01	Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)
RFA-NS-24-021	February 7, 2025	R01	HEAL Initiative: Understanding Individual Differences in Human Pain Conditions (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-EB-22-002	June 18, 2025	R18	HEAL Initiative: Translational Development of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices (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)
NOT-NS-19-014	January 1, 2027		HEAL Initiative: Notice of Interest in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Applications Directed at Enhanced Pain Management and Improved Treatments for Opioid Misuse and Addiction
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-23-003	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-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-22-034	December 7, 2024	R01	HEAL Initiative: Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Pain Treatment (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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)
PAR-24-197	July 17, 2026	R03	HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOT-NS-22-095	June 25, 2025	R61/R33	HEAL Initiative Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Development and Validation of Pain-Related Models and Endpoints to Facilitate Non-Addictive Analgesic Discovery
RFA-NS-22-025	March 12, 2025	K99/R00	HEAL Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral-to-Independent Career Transition Award in PAIN and SUD Research to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-22-024	March 12, 2025	K99/R00	HEAL Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral-to-Independent Career Transition Award in PAIN and SUD Research to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
RFA-NS-22-022	March 12, 2025	K99/R00	HEAL Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral-to-Independent Career Transition Award in PAIN and SUD Research (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-NS-22-023	March 12, 2025	K99/R00	HEAL Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral-to-Independent Career Transition Award in PAIN and SUD Research (Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
PAR-22-098	December 10, 2024	R21	Global Brain and Nervous System Disorders Research Across the Lifespan (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
PAR-22-097	December 10, 2024	R01	Global Brain and Nervous System Disorders Research Across the Lifespan (R01 Clinical Trials Optional)
NOT-OD-12-019	January 1, 2027		Frequently Asked Questions for RFA-MH-12-130 - OppNet's Basic Research on Decision Making: Cognitive, Affective, and Developmental Perspectives (R01)