Notice Number: NOT-HD-17-006

Key Dates
Release Date: March 13, 2017 (Rescinded March 17, 2017)

Issued by
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Purpose

Effective September 8, 2017, the NICHD will no longer participate in the NIH Exploratory Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21) and will not accept any applications (new or resubmission) in response to the Parent R21 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) PA-16-161. The last application due dates that NICHD will accept an application under the Parent R21 FOA will be June 16, 2017 for non-AIDS new applications, June 17, 2017 for non-AIDS resubmission applications, and September 7, 2017 for AIDS and AIDS-related applications.

NICHD will continue to accept R21 applications for projects in high-priority areas under separate NICHD Program Announcements. Information about NICHD priorities and program staff contacts may be found at: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/der/branches/Pages/index.aspx and http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/ncmrr/Pages/overview.aspx

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

NICHD Referral Office
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Email: NICHDReferral@mail.nih.gov