Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding opportunity for research to improve measuring children's language development through innovative tools and environmental factors.
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: February 5, 2027 (New) | March 5, 2027 (Resubmission/Revision) | June 5, 2027 (New) | July 5, 2027 (Resubmission/Revision) | September 7, 2027 (Closing date)
Funding Amounts: No budget cap; requests must reflect project needs; maximum five years; no cost sharing required
Summary: Supports community-engaged research developing strengths-focused, culturally and linguistically responsive measures of children’s language development and its environmental predictors.
Key Information: A Community Engagement Plan is mandatory; clinical trials and intervention development or implementation are not allowed.
Description
This NIH R01 opportunity supports community-engaged research that expands how researchers conceptualize environments supporting children’s language development and develops novel measures of language development, impairment, and predictors. Participating components include the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The goal is to increase strengths-focused, culturally and linguistically responsive, generalizable tools.
Both theoretical work and practical tool development are within scope. Language includes the whole communicative context, not only speech: signed languages, gestures, augmentative and alternative communication, and prelinguistic communication are relevant. Projects may validate assessments, examine environmental predictors, automate measurement, or develop person-centered outcomes. The R01 supports long-term work justified by preliminary data, evidence, or theory. Applications need not focus on late talkers or language delay.
