NICHD Small Research Grant Program
Funds a small, self-contained clinical trial anywhere inside the institute's mission in child health and human development.
A small grant with a required clinical trial is an unusual combination, and it is what this notice is.
The scope is wide and thinly described on purpose: clinical trials that fall within the mission of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. That mission covers pregnancy and birth, child and adolescent development, reproductive health, intellectual and developmental disabili…
Small, self-contained clinical trials within the mission of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, including pregnancy and birth, child and adolescent development, reproductive health, intellectual and developmental disabilities and rehabilitation medicine. A clinical trial is required.
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