Issued by

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

Purpose

The purpose of this notice is to inform potential applicants that the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) will participate, effective immediately, in NOT-MD-23-002, "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations".

The following sections of NOT-MD-23-002 have been modified (changes shown in bold italics) to reflect the participation of NICHD.

Research Topics

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

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has a long history of funding research on disparities among immigrant populations in the United States. See Research on U.S. Immigration (PA-95-036) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-95-036.html. NICHD has supported, and is interested in continuing to support, research on how immigrant outcomes are affected by the process of immigration, country of origin, characteristics of both the sending and destination communities, the existence of immigration networks and immigrant enclaves, family characteristics at origin and destination, individual health, socioeconomic status, education, current age and age at immigration, sex, gender, and race and ethnicity, English language ability, prior immigration experience, immigrant assimilation, acculturation, and adaptation, U.S. immigration policy at the time of immigration, and legal and visa status of the immigrants themselves and their family and household members.

Applicants are encouraged to review the NICHD 2020 Strategic Plan, https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/strategicplan. NICHD overall priorities include research on vulnerable populations falling within the NICHD scientific mission area, including pregnant and post-partum women, infants, children, and adolescents; individuals with physical and/or intellectual disabilities; and children who are homeless or in foster care. NICHD overall priorities also include research on outcomes falling within its mission, including child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, learning outcomes, maternal, infant, child, and adolescent morbidity and mortality, changes in fertility and pregnancy outcomes, and access to health care, including reproductive health care.

The scope of NICHD interests for this FOA include research on:

• Children in immigrant families, not just immigrants themselves.
• Disparities in mortality; see Mortality of Adolescents, Young Adults, and Other NICHD Priority Populations in the United States (NOT-HD-23-001), https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-001.html.
• Health disparities that result from or are exacerbated by policy changes and emerging or evolving public health crises; see Research on the Impact of Policy Changes and Emerging and Evolving Public Health Crises on NICHD Populations of Interest (NOT-HD-22-038), https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-22-038.html.

In addition to the research areas discussed above, additional research areas of interest to NICHD include, but are not limited to:

• Research that acknowledges and addresses the role of race, ethnicity, age, nationality, place of birth or sending community, country of origin, country of ancestry, generation status, and sex on immigrant health disparities.
• Research on immigrant populations who are fluent in neither English nor Spanish (see Diverse Voices - The Inclusion of Language Minority Populations in National Studies: Challenges and Opportunities, www.nichd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pubs/documents/Diverse_Voices.pdf).
• Research with broad applicability in understanding the root causes of health disparities multiple immigrant populations.

NICHD priorities for this FOA include:

• Research that addresses and/or accounts for the legal and visa status of immigrants and their families.
• Research that does not acknowledge the role of immigrant legal and visa status in health disparities is of lower priority.

Inquiries

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Randy Capps, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-827-5423
Email: randy.capps@nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)

Margaret Young
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-642-4552
Email: margaret.young@nih.gov

All other aspects of NOT-MD-23-002 remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Randy Capps, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-827-5423
Email: randy.capps@nih.gov