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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), with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for a research program cooperative agreement to support the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) to develop and conduct innovative behavioral, community-based, translational, therapeutic, microbicide and vaccine trials in youth ages 13-24 years at-risk for HIV and living with HIV, with a focus on the inclusion of minors. This FOA will encourage a more focused, clinical research agenda, with increased emphasis on registrational trials of biomedical interventions. The ATN is the sole HIV clinical trials network focused exclusively on youth, and will continue to design, develop and conduct clinical trials as well as pertinent formative and implementation science research studies, and enroll youth participants into rigorously designed, collaborative protocols to address high-priority HIV research areas.

The ATN will include a UM2 Scientific Leadership Center (SLC) to include a Scientific Leadership Group, a Statistical and Data Management Core, and 5-8 Research Projects. . The ATN will also include a UM2 Operations and Collaborations Center (OCC) to include at least 8 Site Consortiums made up of established collaborations among clinics, academic universities, community-based organizations, health departments and other partners.

This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. 

The FOA is expected to be published in Fall 2021, with an expected application due date in Winter 2022.

This FOA will utilize the UM2 activity code. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.

This Notice encourages investigators with expertise and insights into this area of HIV/AIDS among adolescent and young adults populations to begin to consider applying for this new FOA.

In addition, collaborative investigations combining expertise in HIV/AIDS, demonstrated leadership and administrative capabilities, and design of multidisciplinary research projects, including basic and clinical research will be encouraged and these investigators should also begin considering applying for this application.

Among the areas of research encouraged in this initiative are studies to investigate HIV priority areas of undiagnosed HIV infection, persistent new infections, poor HIV care engagement, poor ART adherence, viral suppression, and adverse HIV health outcomes from COVID-19, as well as research designed to improve the translation of existing knowledge of strategies for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.

Applications are not being solicited at this time. 

Please direct all inquiries to:

Sonia Lee, Ph.D.

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

301-594-4783

Sonia.Lee@nih.gov