The National Institutes of Health is seeking applications for its Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) to support promising candidates during their mentored postdoctoral training under the guidance of experienced faculty sponsors.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $960,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
This NOFO seeks to advance research and training in high-priority areas of child health by stimulating the use of Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort data by postdoctoral fellows from relevant scientific communities. This RFA will provide opportunities for fellows to study child health outcomes through the analysis of ECHOs large longitudinal data sets within the NICHD Data and Specimen Hub (DASH) repository. ECHOs DASH dataset integrates deidentified longitudinal data from more than 41,000 participants across the U.S. Prenatal and child exposure data include physical, chemical, social, behavioral, and biological factors. ECHOs five primary pediatric outcome areas are pre-, peri-, and postnatal outcomes, upper and lower airway, obesity, neurodevelopment, and positive health.
Objectives
The application should consist of a well-conceived scientific project, integrated with a comprehensive training plan designed by a collaborative discussion between the candidate fellow and sponsor. In addition to preparing the candidate to be a subject-matter expert in the proposed research area and to acquire new technical skills, the research and training plans should provide the candidate with a strong understanding of the principles of scientific research design and the tools for rigorous analytical approaches.
- Goals of the NIH ECHO Program include guidance, diversification, and expansion of the future child health research workforce. Achieving these goals within this fellowship requires experience with analyisis of large longitudinal sets of data on early environmental exposures (from society to biology) and child health outcomes.
- Examples of data elements available for analysis include sociodemographics; child and family health histories; pregnancy-related factors; caregiver psychosocial elements; chemical exposures; home/social environment; child physical health and functioning; child neurodevelopmental health and functioning; child health behaviors/lifestyle-related data elements; child social role performance and functioning; child sleep health; and child well-being.
Areas of Interests
Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Exposure-outcome associations, such as:
- Influence of exposure to environmental contaminants during pregnancy or early childhood on neurodevelopment
- Associations of mother’s diet and weight trajectory during pregnancy with childhood obesity
- Relationship between maternal experiences of racial discrimination and preterm birth
- Associations of infant sleep health with development of asthma, obesity, neurocognitive, and positive health outcomes
- Analyses of developmental trajectories of weight-related, neurodevelopmental, or other outcomes
- Identification of reliable biobehavioral, cultural, environmental, and/or familial signatures that predict positive health outcomes, including global health, life satisfaction, and/or meaning & purpose.
- Development of new methodologies for etiology and prediction.
Funding Information
- OD intends to commit $960,000 in 2024 and in 2025 to fund up to 8 awards.
- Award Project Period: Individuals may receive up to 5 years of aggregate Kirschstein-NRSA support at the predoctoral level (up to 6 years for dual degree training, e.g., MD/PhD), and up to 3 years of aggregate Kirschstein-NRSA support at the postdoctoral level, including any combination of support from institutional training grants (e.g., T32) and an individual fellowship award.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
- Governments
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
