To: Children's Program Researchers...
The National Institutes of Health (including NICHD) has just re-issued a
program announcement for R01 and R03 proposals on
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-069.html>The Science and
Ecology of Early Development (SEED). I have included a brief program
summary, the research objectives, and the link to the complete guidelines
below. (Please don't worry about the sections that refer to the need to
register for electronic submission. NBER is already registered, and we
have experience with electronic submissions and can guide you through.)
If you would like to discuss possible research topics, Jon Gruber would be
happy to hear from you. If you would like to learn more about what is
involved in preparing a proposal and how we can help, let me
know. Besides answering any questions about the grant requirements, I can
send you samples of successful past proposals from the Children's Program.
Please feel free to contact Jon or me with any questions. I look forward
to working with you.
Janet Stein
Coordinator, Program on Children
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-068.html>The Science and
Ecology of Early Development (SEED) [R03]
(PA-08-068)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-069.html>The Science and
Ecology of Early Development (SEED) [R01]
(PA-08-069)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcements.
Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages submission
of investigator-initiated research grant applications that seek to develop
a comprehensive program of research focused on the mechanisms through which
social, economic, cultural, and community-level factors, and their
interactions, impact the early cognitive, neurobiological, socio-emotional,
and physical development of children.
Research Objectives . This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), jointly
issued by the Child Development and Behavior Branch (CDBB) and the
Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB) of the National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Division of
Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research of the National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA), invites research grant applications that seek to
develop or contribute to a comprehensive program of research focused on the
mechanisms through which social, economic, cultural, familial and
community-level factors, and their interactions, impact the early
cognitive, neurobiological, socio-emotional, and physical development of
children. Understanding the influence of these mechanisms and the pathways
by which they operate is especially important for understanding the impact
of available services and the public policies which govern them on the
development of children at whom (or at whose families) these policies are
often specifically targeted, notably children living in poverty or near the
federal poverty line. Arenas of particular relevance include childcare,
early childhood education, welfare reform, tax, social services, and
work-family policies, as all of these shape the life experiences of
children in poverty. Thus, the goal is to generate solid scientific
information that would bear directly on these arenas and thus inform
policies and the design of service delivery programs that impact child
development, whether or not child development is the explicit focus of
those policies and services. This FOA extends the seven-year Science and
Ecology of Early Development (SEED) initiative and is the outgrowth of an
interagency collaborative effort from 2000 through 2004 among the following
agencies: (1) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [NICHD,
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIDA, Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation (ASPE), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)], and (2) the Department of Education (National Center for Education
Statistics, National Center for Education Research, and the National Center
for Special Education Research in the Institute of Education Sciences).
These agencies have pursued other avenues of supporting research on this
topic. NICHD and NIDA have continued to collaborate on this Funding
Opportunity Announcement. Details of that earlier initiative can be found
at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-345.html and
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-149.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-149.html.
Received on Mon Jan 14 2008 - 09:56:42 EST
