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Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Centers of Excellence in Maternal Health Research

Estimated Publication Date: July 25, 2022 First Estimated Application Due Date: November 30, 2022 Purpose As part of the Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, on behalf of the NIH Maternal Mortality Task Force, intends to promote a new initiative by…

New COVID-19 Research at NICHD Population Centers

New research supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health aims to deepen public understanding of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and inform the response. A Sample of Recently Published Findings To have the greatest benefits, vaccination campaigns should target people who say…

Drug Use, Suicide, and Homicide Account for More Than a Fifth of Pregnancy-Associated Deaths

In the United States, more than 20% of deaths during pregnancy and the first year after childbirth are due to drug use, suicide, or homicide, suggests a study funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).1 The number of pregnancy-associated deaths from these causes increased between 2010 and…

Children Born During Pandemic May Experience Slight Neurodevelopmental Delays

Infants born during the pandemic—regardless of whether their mothers had COVID-19 during pregnancy—scored slightly lower on certain tests of neurodevelopment at six months old, compared to a similar group of infants born before the pandemic, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University and the Columbia Population Research Center.1 The findings suggest that children…

New NICHD COVID-19 Funding Opportunity

NICHD is interested in grant applications that examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social determinants of health and the health of underserved and health disparities populations. NICHD priorities include: Research based on population representative samples. Comparisons of underserved populations and/or vulnerable populations (as defined by this underserved nor vulnerable. Research that examines…

NIH Invites Feedback on Climate Change and Health Initiative

The Steering Committee of the National Institutes of Health Climate Change and Human Health Working Group invites feedback on the approaches NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices can take to enhance research on the health implications of climate change in the United States and globally. Responses will be accepted through August 30, 2021. For more information:…

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