ECHO Program Office Releases New Funding Opportunities to Maximize Scientific Value of ECHO Data

The ECHO Program Office has released the following Notices of Funding Opportunities:

Funding Opportunities

* To access the full funding announcement, click the "Related Documents" tab at the top of each funding opportunity page.

ECHO is an extramurally funded program at the NIH, with the mission to enhance the health of children for generations to come.

The goal of the Dissertation Grant (R36) is to support doctoral candidates studying applicable areas of child health for the completion of their doctoral dissertation research project. The awards resulting from this funding opportunity will provide students working on dissertations with the opportunity to study child health outcomes through the secondary analyses of ECHO’s large longitudinal datasets within a controlled-access NIH data repository.

The goal of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) is to provide opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to access the ECHO datasets within a controlled-access NIH data repository.

Applications are due by October 15, 2026 for RFA-OD-27-006 and by December 2, 2026 for RFA-OD-27-008.

ECHO’s dataset integrates deidentified longitudinal data from more than 71,000 participants across the U.S. and focuses on child health outcomes including pre-, peri- and postnatal outcomes; upper and lower airway health; obesity and its complications; neurodevelopment; and positive health.

Available deidentified data include:

  • Demographic information including race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and education
  • Early development data including growth, milestones, physical activity, and sleep
  • Environmental exposure data including physical, chemical, psychosocial, and natural and built environments
  • Pregnancy and birth information including maternal diet and physical activity, maternal smoking during pregnancy, weight gain, and delivery outcomes
  • Data related to public health crises including surveys on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Frequently Asked Questions and pre-recorded informational webinars are available here:

If you have questions, please reach out to Clay Mash: clay.mash@nih.gov .