Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | PAR 20 064

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The grant opportunity "Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" (Funding Opportunity Number PAR-20-064) is a discretionary NIH grant designed to help researchers and institutions preserve and prepare existing research data sets for broader use. Its core aim is not to fund new data collection or clinical trials, but to provide modest, targeted support for the practical work required to archive and thoroughly document data so that other scientists can find, understand, and conduct secondary analyses with confidence. In other words, the program is focused on turning already-collected data into a well-curated, usable public resource for the research community.

The National Institutes of Health, through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), is the sponsoring agency. The FOA emphasizes that the highest priority is given to archiving data sets that fall within NICHDs scientific mission areas related to child health and human development, and especially to data that were originally collected with NICHD support. This priority statement signals that applicants who can show their data are strongly aligned with NICHDs mission, and ideally tied to previous NICHD-funded work, are likely to be most competitive.

This is an R03 mechanism, which is a small research grant commonly used for short, well-defined projects. Here, that translates into support for specific archiving tasks such as organizing the dataset, creating or improving codebooks and data dictionaries, generating clear documentation about variables and measures, describing sampling and study procedures, explaining data cleaning steps, creating de-identification materials where appropriate, and preparing files so they can be deposited into a suitable archive or repository. The overarching outcome NIH is looking for is a data set that is discoverable and understandable enough that independent researchers can reuse it responsibly and efficiently for secondary analysis.

The opportunity is explicitly labeled "Clinical Trial Not Allowed," meaning proposals cannot include clinical trial activities as defined by NIH. The funded work should be limited to archiving and documentation of existing data rather than interventions, prospective assignments, or other trial elements. That framing makes the purpose of the award very clear: it is about data stewardship and enabling future science, not running new studies.

In terms of funding size, the listed award ceiling is $50,000. While the source excerpt does not specify the exact project period, the R03 format typically supports smaller-scope efforts, so applicants generally tailor budgets and workplans to a compact set of deliverables that can be completed within a limited timeframe. The CFDA number associated with this program is 93.865, which corresponds to NICHD-related funding.

A wide range of applicant organizations are eligible. The FOA allows applications from state, county, city, township, and special district governments; federally recognized tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; independent school districts; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education when applying under those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The FOA also calls out additional eligible applicant types, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations and eligible federal agencies.

There are important restrictions related to foreign involvement. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply as the primary applicant organization, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible to apply. However, foreign components are allowed as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, which generally means a U.S.-based applicant may include certain well-justified international collaborations or elements as part of the project, as long as the primary applicant is eligible and the arrangement conforms to NIH policy.

The opportunity was created on 2019-11-25, and the original closing date listed in the source data is 2023-01-07. Since NIH funding announcements can be reissued, expired, or updated, anyone interested in applying would typically confirm the current status, submission dates, and any revisions on the official NIH funding opportunity page for PAR-20-064 and in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.

Overall, this FOA is best understood as NIH support for making valuable child health and human development data last longer and go further: it funds the behind-the-scenes work of preparing existing data for long-term preservation and broad scientific reuse, with a strong preference for data that align closely with NICHD priorities and especially data originally generated with NICHD funding.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 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): 93.865.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2019-11-25.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-01-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 in funding.
• 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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