The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
The grant program aims to support small research projects that analyze genomic data related to childhood cancer and structural birth defects from the Kids First initiative. It encourages the development of new approaches, tools, or algorithms for the analysis of genomic, phenotypic, and clinical data to advance diagnostics and treatment strategies. This initiative promotes accessibility of curated data and resources to the research community to stimulate comprehensive research and collaborative efforts.