NICHD Global Network for Womens and Childrens Health Research: Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA HD 23 009

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The NICHD Global Network for Womens and Childrens Health Research: Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) opportunity (RFA-HD-23-009) is a National Institutes of Health cooperative agreement aimed at supporting the central data and trial operations hub for NICHDs long-running Global Network program. The Global Network links U.S.-based research centers with partner institutions in low-income countries to carry out multi-site observational studies and randomized clinical trials in resource-poor settings. The overall purpose is to generate high-quality evidence on disease processes, maternal and child health outcomes, and the effectiveness of interventions that can reduce major causes of morbidity and mortality among mothers, newborns, infants, and young children.

This award specifically funds a Data Coordinating Center (DCC), which functions as the backbone for the networks research portfolio rather than operating as a single study site. In practical terms, the DCC is expected to coordinate and standardize how data are collected, managed, analyzed, and reported across multiple international research units and clinical sites. Because the Global Network conducts multi-center studies and trials, the DCC role typically includes responsibilities such as developing and maintaining common data systems, ensuring data quality and consistency across sites, supporting protocol implementation from a data and operations standpoint, managing study randomization and monitoring processes when trials are involved, producing interim and final analyses, and helping ensure that results are reported in a rigorous and timely way. The FOA notes that studies may include both observational research and randomized clinical trials, and the "clinical trial optional" designation indicates that applicants may propose activities that do or do not include clinical trials, depending on the networks needs and the proposed scope.

The opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement (U24), meaning NIH anticipates substantial scientific and programmatic involvement during the life of the award. Unlike a traditional research grant where the awardee largely directs the project independently, a cooperative agreement implies active collaboration with NICHD staff and coordination with the separately funded Global Network Research Units. This FOA is only for the Data Coordinating Center; a separate funding opportunity announcement covers applications for the Research Units that serve as the on-the-ground hubs partnering with institutions in low-income countries.

Eligibility is limited to U.S. institutions and organizations. A broad range of domestic applicants may apply, including state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); small businesses; and other domestic entities. The FOA explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant types such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions. At the same time, it clearly states that non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components (as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement) are not allowed.

From an administrative standpoint, the sponsoring agency is the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with the relevant CFDA listing as 93.865. The original closing date listed for this specific announcement was November 29, 2022, and the posting date (creation date) was August 3, 2022. An award ceiling and expected number of awards are not specified in the provided source details. Overall, the opportunity is designed for organizations with strong capacity in multicenter research coordination, clinical trial and observational study data management, biostatistics, regulatory and operational support functions, and cross-site collaboration in global maternal and child health research settings.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NICHD Global Network for Womens and Childrens Health Research: Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.865.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-08-03.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-11-29. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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