Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort Data and Biospecimen Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH invites applications to access limited identifiable data or biospecimens from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes cohort for high-priority maternal and child health research.
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Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: November 4, 2026 (Application) | March 3, 2027 (Application) | July 1, 2027 (Application) | November 3, 2027 (Application) | March 1, 2028 (Application)
Funding Amounts: No funds provided; resource access for up to 3 years
Summary: Provides access to ECHO Cohort limited identifiable data and biospecimens for externally funded maternal and child health research.
Key Information: An ECHO Cohort Steering Committee Letter of Support is mandatory for review.
Description
The NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program offers X01 Resource Access Awards for ancillary studies using the ECHO Cohort’s non-publicly available data or biospecimens. Projects may analyze limited identifiable data on the ECHO Cohort Data Platform or assay biorepository specimens and return resulting data to ECHO. The award provides resource access rather than research funding.
Any scientific question appropriate to ECHO data may be proposed. Priorities include modifiable early developmental exposures, pathways linking exposures to health, resilience and susceptibility, sensitive developmental periods, and natural experiments or health innovations. Outcomes span prenatal health through adolescence, including airways, obesity, neurodevelopment, and well-being. Assays yielding results useful across multiple future analyses are particularly encouraged.
