NIH Launches Next Phase of ECHO/Children’s Study Follow-On

On December 7, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins announced the next funding phase of the agency’s Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program, which includes seven new funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). ECHO is designed to comport with the goals of the National Children’s Study (NCS) (see Update, November 3, 2015) and is being implemented via a series of funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). It is expected that the ECHO program will be supported by and build on recent awards NIH made in September (see Update, September 4, 2015). A nationwide search is underway for an ECHO program manager. In the interim, NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak will continue to lead the program.

ECHO program funding opportunities:

1. Clinical Sites for the IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (UG1) RFA-OD-16-001
2. Data Coordinating and Operations Center for the IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (U24) RFA-OD-16-002
3. Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes: Patient Reported Outcomes Research Resource Center Core (ECHO PRO Core) (U24) RFA-OD-16-003
4. Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Pediatric Cohorts (UG3/UH3) RFA-OD-16-004
5. Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Data Analysis Center (U24) RFA-OD-16-005
6. Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Coordinating Center (U2C) RFA-OD-16-006
7. Limited Competition: Exposure Analysis Services for the Environmental Influences on Children’s Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program (Admin Supplement) PA-16-046

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