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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Funds child and reproductive health research through NICHD through investigator and center programs within United States healthcare science.

United States
Key stats
Annual funding$1.76B
Programs7
Active grants6
Total grants9
About

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is a NIH institute with about $1.76 billion in FY2026 enacted funding. Its mandate covers human development from conception through adulthood, with work spanning reproductive health, pregnancy, pediatrics, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation.

NICHD funds through standard NIH mec…

Programs & grants under this funder
Community Champions for Disability Health Challenge: Phase 1

Awards $25,000 to community non-profits proposing ways to cut health disparities for disabled people.

1 grant
Community Champions for Disability Health Challenge: Phase 1
Closed
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Connecting the Community for Maternal Health

Pays U.S. non-academic nonprofits up to $300,000 to build research capacity and run their own maternal health research project.

1 grant
Connecting the Community for Maternal Health
Closed
$3.0M pool
RADx Tech ACT ENDO Challenge

Paid $3 million in prizes for non-invasive technologies that speed up endometriosis diagnosis.

1 grant
RADx Tech ACT ENDO Challenge
Closed
$3M pool
NICHD INCLUDE Project — Down Syndrome Research

Funds Down syndrome research across life stages through a coordinated national initiative.

3 grants
INCLUDE Project — Transformative Research Awards
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
INCLUDE Project — Exploratory/Developmental Awards
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
INCLUDE Project — Clinical Trials Phased Awards
Open
- pool·Rolling submission
NICHD R01 Research Project Grant

Funds investigator-led child health research across broad biomedical domains through National Institute grants.

1 grant
NICHD R01 Research Project Grant
Open
- pool
NICHD R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant

Supports early exploratory child health projects that test bold ideas and novel methods.

1 grant
NICHD R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grant
Open
- pool
NICHD SBIR/STTR

Supports small United States businesses building child health, reproductive, and pediatric innovations through federal pathways.

1 grant
NICHD SBIR/STTR Phase I
Open
- pool
Parent entityNational Institutes of Health
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