Welcome to spring, everyone! We’ve got a lot in this issue, so I’ll jump right to it.
I wanted to share a recent publication by the U.S. Census Bureau describing the rates and patterns of childhood disability in the United States from 2008 to 2019. Overall, the rates of disability have increased from 3.9% in 2008 to 4.3% in 2019 and differ by ethnic group, poverty status, immigration status, and region. Please see the full brief, Childhood Disability in the United States: 2019, for more details.
I would also encourage you to check out the COVID-19 Return to School for Children with Disabilities 
resource developed by the Washington University Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center and the Special School District of St. Louis County, Missouri, with NICHD funding.
The next meeting of the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research will be held Monday, May 3, 2021 at 10 a.m. ET and can be viewed on the NIH VideoCast.
Finally, many of you have been asking about the expiration of NICHD’s R01 FOA for clinical trials (PAR-18-480). NICHD is now participating in the Parent Announcement for R01 clinical trials (PA-20-183); see the notice below.
Rehabilitation Research News: April 2, 2021
From the Director's Desk
Events
Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Function, Disability, and Health
The Second Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Function, Disability, and Health (AI4Function 2021) invites the submission of abstracts and original research papers focused on applying informatics methods, artificial intelligence (AI), or data mining techniques in the area of whole-person care, disability, and functional status information. AI4Function is a venue for researchers cutting across data science and AI methods to discuss new ways to collect and utilize functional status information within healthcare delivery, public health, and social well-being. The first AI4Function workshop brought together researchers from fields as diverse as natural language processing, in-home sensing, psychometrics, and health policy, and the goal is to continue this multidisciplinary exchange in the second iteration of the workshop. AI4Function 2021 will be held as a virtual event in August 2021. For the full call for papers and more information on the workshop, see the event website .
Notices and Funding Opportunities
NICHD Notices and Funding Opportunities
- Notice of NICHD Participation in PA-20-183, “Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)”
- (NOT-HD-21-019)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Notice of NICHD Participation on PA-20-184, “Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)”
- (NOT-HD-21-020)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Notice of NICHD Participation in PAR-20-266, “Promoting Research on Music and Health: Phased Innovation Award for Music Interventions (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- (NOT-HD-21-021)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Notice of NICHD Participation in PAR-21-099, “Music and Health: Understanding And Developing Music Medicine (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- (NOT-HD-21-022)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Notice of NICHD Participation in PAR-21-100, “Music and Health: Understanding And Developing Music Medicine (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- (NOT-HD-21-023)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- (PAR-21-169)
- Multiple Institutes
- Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- (PAR-21-173)
- Multiple Institutes
- Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R25 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- (RFA-OD-21-005)
- Multiple Institutes
- Application Receipt Date(s): June 4, 2021
- Recompetition of the Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) (K12 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- (RFA-HD-22-006)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Application Receipt Date(s): July 29, 2021
- Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- (RFA-MD-21-004)
- Multiple Institutes
- Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
NIH Notices and Funding Opportunities
- Notice of Intent to Publish a Research Opportunity Announcement for RADx-UP Return to School Diagnostic Testing Approaches (OT2 Clinical Trial Optional)
- NOT-OD-21-097
- Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health
- Announcement of Childcare Costs for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellows
- (NOT-OD-21-074)
- National Institutes of Health
- Notice of Correction to Application and Submission Information for NOSI: Availability of Administrative Supplements for Childcare Costs for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellows (NOT-OD-21-070)
- (NOT-OD-21-075)
- National Institutes of Health
- Notice of NIH Participation in the National Robotics Initiative (NRI)
- (NOT-EB-21-008)
- Multiple Institutes
- Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Hyperacute MRI Imaging Studies to Understand How Brain Changes Affect AD/ADRD-Relevant Trajectories and Outcomes Post-Stroke
- (NOT-NS-21-038)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Neural Mechanisms of Force-Based Manipulations: High Priority Research Networks (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
- (RFA-AT-21-006)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
- Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity (U01 Clinical Trial Allowed)
- (RFA-RM-21-021)
- Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund)
- Application Receipt Date(s): May 28, 2021
- Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity at Minority Serving Institutions (U01 Clinical Trial Allowed)
- (RFA-RM-21-022)
- Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund)
- Application Receipt Date(s): May 28, 2021
HHS Notices and Funding Opportunities
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), part of the HHS Administration for Community Living, is publishing its funding opportunities for this fiscal year to Grants.gov. All open opportunities are listed below.
- Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Disability and Pregnancy, Synopsis 1
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Administration for Community Living
- Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), Synopsis 1
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Administration for Community Living
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center, Synopsis 1
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Administration for Community Living
- Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center, Synopsis 1
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Administration for Community Living
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Human Development and Disability, announces the publication of Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) CDC-RFA-DD21-2103: Improving the Health of People with Mobility Limitations and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities through State-based Public Health Programs. This NOFO supports a new 5-year, non-research cooperative agreement to address statewide or jurisdictional needs related to reducing health disparities among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) and adults with mobility limitations (ML) in the United States. More information can be found at Grants.gov. Applications are due by May 11, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Other Notices and Funding Opportunities
Department of Defense
Fiscal year 2021 (FY21) pre-announcements for the Multiple Sclerosis Research Program, managed by the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), have recently been posted. The following FY21 funding opportunities are anticipated:
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP)
- Clinical Trial Award
- Early Investigator Research Award
- Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award
- Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Descriptions of the anticipated funding opportunity, eligibility, key mechanism elements, and funding can be found in the program pre-announcements. FY21 pre-announcements can be found in the CDMRP homepage features. Subsequent notifications will be sent when program announcements/funding opportunities are released.
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