Notice Number: NOT-HD-16-023

Key Dates
Release Date: August 9, 2016

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) is participating in PAR-16-052 "Global Noncommunicable Diseases and Injury across the Lifespan: Exploratory Research (R21)".

The following sections have been updated to reflect the participation of NICHD in this FOA:

Part 1. Overview Information

Components of Participating Organizations
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
93.989; 93.867; 93.279; 93.213; 93.321; 93.399; 93.396; 93.395; 93.394; 93.393; 93.313; 93.307; 93.361; 93.865

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

The topics of research that may be supported through this FOA have been expanded to encompass research interests of NICHD.

NICHD: Research on better and location/population-specific approaches to rehabilitation and recovery across the lifespan are of particular interest to NCMRR/NICHD. Areas of opportunity and research include but are not limited to:

• Less expensive, well-fitting prosthetic devices and training in their use
• Design and maintenance of wheelchairs or other devices to enhance mobility for LMICs
• Use of electronic devices to deliver services: population specific computer games or apps to provide cognitive rehabilitation
• Use of surveillance systems and electronic storage of information to allow collection of data for epidemiology or clinical trials enhance capacity, share data
• Better ways to involve the family in home care: improve service delivery; community participation; health maintenance programs
• Ways to integrate children with physical or learning disabilities into appropriate educational systems
• Ways to target health promotion better nutrition, especially for young children and infants, reduction of targeted risky behaviors in specific settings within LMIC

Part 2. Section VII. Agency Contacts

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Mary Ellen Michel, Ph.D.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-496-5289
Email: mm108w@nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)

Ted Williams
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-326-6450
Email: williate@mail.nih.gov

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Mary Ellen Michel, Ph.D.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-480-2329
Email: mm108w@nih.gov