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Active Funding Opportunities and Notices for NICHD

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

Please note: the following are sorted by date, from most recent to older. Select a table heading to change how to sort the information.

Number Exp. Date Activity Code(s) Title
RFA-MH-23-330 March 14, 2026 K99/R00 BRAIN Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
NOT-HD-23-009 January 1, 2028 Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the PATCH-IN Implementation Science Coordinating Center (UM2 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOT-OD-23-107 January 1, 2027 Request for Information (RFI): Food is Medicine Research Opportunities
PAR-23-114 January 17, 2026 R25 Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOT-HD-23-008 January 1, 2028 R03,R21,U24,U54,R01 Notice of Early Expiration of NOT-HD-22-043 "Notice of Special Interest ( NOSI ): Implementation Science to Advance Maternal Health and Maternal Health Equity for the IMPROVE initiative"
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-24-004 January 21, 2026 R01 BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-23-131 May 8, 2026 R21 Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
PAR-23-130 May 8, 2026 R01 Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOT-NR-23-008 January 1, 2027 Request for Information (RFI): Future Directions in Violence Against Women Research
NOT-NS-23-035 January 1, 2028 Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOT-NS-23-036 January 1, 2028 Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for BRAIN Initiative: Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
NOT-NS-23-037 January 1, 2028 Notice of Early Expiration of NINDS BRAIN Initiative Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) RFA-NS-21-026 and RFA-NS-21-027
NOT-HD-23-002 January 1, 2028 Notice announcing Webinar and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for PAR-23-037 NICHD Multisite Clinical Research: Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Advance Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Individuals, and Persons with Disabilities
NOT-HD-23-004 January 1, 2028 Notice of Clarification for the Research Scope in RFA-HD-24-002 "Development of Novel Nonsteroidal Contraceptive Methods (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
PAR-23-112 January 8, 2026 R01 Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
PAR-23-074 January 8, 2026 R01 In-Depth Phenotyping and Research Using IMPC-Generated Knockout Mouse Strains Exhibiting Embryonic or Perinatal Lethality or Subviability (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-22-261 November 17, 2025 R03 Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOT-MH-23-115 July 15, 2026 R01,R24 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): BRAIN Initiative: Developing Data Archive, Informatics Tools and Data Standards for Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization (BBQS)
PAR-23-075 January 8, 2026 R03 Small Research Grants for Analyses of Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)