Funding Opportunity for Maximizing the Scientific Value of Data Generated by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: Dissertation Grant (R36)
This grant supports doctoral students using ECHO’s large U.S. dataset to research how early environmental exposures affect maternal and child health for their dissertation projects.
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (full application deadline, projected) | March 2026 (application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Estimated total program funding: $1,260,000; approximately 8 awards anticipated per cycle.
Summary: Supports dissertation research by doctoral candidates using ECHO Cohort data to advance maternal and child health research.
Description
This funding opportunity supports doctoral candidates conducting dissertation research in high-priority areas of maternal and child health, emphasizing the use of data from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. The ECHO Cohort dataset, housed in the NICHD Data and Specimen Hub (DASH), contains de-identified, longitudinal data from over 71,000 maternal and child participants across the United States. Research topics include prenatal and child environmental exposures and their impact on five main pediatric outcome areas: pre-, peri-, and postnatal outcomes; upper and lower airway outcomes; obesity and its consequences; neurodevelopment; and positive health. The aim is to foster the development of new investigators in early environmental exposures and child health research.
