NICHD-Supported Research Networks & Initiatives
NICHD supports a variety of research networks, centers, programs, and initiatives. These types of projects allow for large-scale research efforts that could not be done in a timely manner by researchers working alone.
Networks and projects often share core facilities and techniques that not only help accelerate progress toward a research goal, but also ensure that a study is large enough to be statistically significant.
- Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA)
- Biological Testing Facility (BTF)
- Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development-Knowledge Indicating Dietary Sufficiency (BOND-KIDS)
- Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS) (Historical/For Reference Only)
- Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN) Project
- Building Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health (BIRCWH)
- CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary Research in Child Abuse and Neglect
- Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR)
- Centers for Collaborative Research in Fragile X and FMR1-Associated Conditions
- Challenges, Innovation Competitions, and NICHD
- Chemical Screening and Optimization Facility (CSOF)
- Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA) Program
- Clinical Pharmacology Training Network (CPTN)
- Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN)
- Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (CPEAs)/Studies to Advance Autism Research & Treatment (STAART) Centers (For Historical Purposes Only)
- Community Champions for Disability Health Challenge
- Congenital Anomalies Initiative
- Consortia For Infertility and Reproductive Medicine (ConFIRM) Clinical Trial Program
- Contraceptive Development Research Center Program (CDRCP)
- Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network (CCTN)
- COVID-19 Research and NICHD
- National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI)
- National Children's Study (NCS) Archive
- National Reading Panel (Historical/For Reference Only)
- Neonatal Research Network (NRN)
- Neuroscience Research Support at NICHD
- NICHD Domestic & International Pediatric & Maternal HIV & Other High-Priority Infectious Diseases Clinical Studies Network (NICHD Network)
- NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD) Historical/For Reference Only
- NIH Pediatric Research Consortium (N-PeRC)
- Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-Be (nuMoM2b)
- Pain-Related Research
- Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Centers (MDSRCs)
- Pediatric Critical Care and Trauma Scientist Development Program (PCCTSDP)
- Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS)
- Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP)
- Pediatric Trials Network (PTN)
- Pelvic Floor Disorders Network (PFDN)
- Population Dynamics Research Infrastructure Program
- Population Dynamics Scientist Development Award Program
- Population Research Programs for New Investigators
- Preclinical Contraceptive Development Program (PCDP)
- PregSource®: Crowdsourcing to Understand Pregnancy
- Prevention And Treatment through a Comprehensive Care Continuum for HIV-affected Adolescents in Resource Constrained Settings (PATC3H)
- Prevention Research at NICHD