News Archives: September, 2019
NIH FOA for Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN)
The Office of The Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released two Funding Opportunities Announcements (FOAs) that invite applications from entities/institutions to participate in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) as a Clinical Site and/or as the Data Coordination and Operations Center (DCOC). Applicants are limited to institutions from the 24-Institutional Development Award (IDeA)-eligible States/Jurisdictions. The ISPCTN will conduct multicenter clinical trials research, assuring the participation of children living in rural or underserved communities located in IDeA states, and build pediatric research capacity for IDeA states to support the conduct of clinical trials of relevance to rural or underserved children in IDeA states.