Accelerating the Pace of Child Health Research Using Existing Data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PAR 19 162

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Accelerating the Pace of Child Health Research Using Existing Data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number PAR 19 162) designed to fund research projects that analyze existing, publicly available data from the ABCD Study rather than collecting new participant data. The core idea is to speed up discoveries in adolescent and child health by leveraging one of the largest, most comprehensive longitudinal studies of youth development currently available. Because it is an R01 mechanism, the opportunity is aimed at full-scale, hypothesis-driven research projects, and the "Clinical Trial Not Allowed" designation signals that applicants must not propose prospective clinical interventions or clinical trial activities; instead, the work should focus on secondary analysis of the ABCD dataset.

The ABCD Study itself is following youth who began participation at ages 9 to 10 and will be assessed repeatedly over a 10-year period. It includes a wide range of measures relevant to development and health, including physical and mental health, cognitive functioning, substance use behaviors, cultural and environmental influences, and multimodal brain structure and function data. These data are made accessible to the scientific community through the NIMH Data Archive, meaning applicants are expected to use the shared ABCD resource to answer important questions about adolescent development, risk and resilience, trajectories of behavior and health outcomes, and how environmental or cultural contexts may shape brain and behavioral development over time. The FOA explicitly encourages research that increases knowledge of adolescent health and development by analyzing this public-use dataset, with additional study details available at www.abcdstudy.org.

In terms of eligibility, the opportunity is broadly open to a wide spectrum of applicant organizations, reflecting NIH's intent to support diverse institutions and research capacities. Eligible applicants include state, county, city, township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education under the nonprofit category listed); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other entities. The FOA also highlights additional eligible groups such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs); faith-based or community-based organizations; eligible federal agencies; regional organizations; U.S. territories or possessions; tribal governments other than federally recognized ones; and non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations). This broad eligibility is meant to encourage wide participation and maximize the scientific return from the ABCD data resource.

Administratively, the opportunity falls under NIH and spans multiple CFDA numbers (93.213, 93.242, 93.279, 93.307, 93.313, 93.399), reflecting the multi-institute nature of ABCD-related research interests across NIH. The listing information provided indicates the original closing date was 2022-01-07, and the FOA was created on 2019-01-09. While the summary does not specify an award ceiling or the expected number of awards, the main takeaway is that this program supports investigator-initiated R01 projects focused on rigorous secondary data analysis using ABCD data to advance understanding of youth brain development, behavior, and health across adolescence, without proposing clinical trial activities.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Accelerating the Pace of Child Health Research Using Existing Data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.213, 93.242, 93.279, 93.307, 93.313, 93.399.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2019-01-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-01-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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