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 funding opportunity aims to support translational and clinical research focused on advancing precision medicine for pregnant and lactating persons, as well as children. The grants are intended to fund projects that develop novel tools, models, and technologies with the potential for direct clinical or health impacts. Specifically, the grant supports efforts to enhance understanding of drug actions, including pediatric ontogeny and physiological changes during pregnancy and lactation, and to discover or improve therapeutics for safer and more effective medication use in these populations. The overarching goal is to enhance the safety and effectiveness of precision therapeutics for pregnant and lactating individuals, fetuses, neonates, and children, including those with disabilities.