Expert-Driven Small Projects to Strengthen Gabriella Miller Kids First Discovery (R0

The NIH Common Fund has established the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First) with the vision of alleviating suffering from childhood cancer and structural birth defects by fostering collaborative research to uncover the etiology of these diseases and supporting data sharing within the pediatric research community.

This grant is intended to engage experts in a variety of activities that will enhance the utility of childhood cancer and/or structural birth defects genomic datasets generated by the Kids First program and/or associated phenotypic datasets and resources. 

Funding: $50,000 per year 

Duration: 2 years

Research Authority due date: 1.5.22

LOI (encouraged) due date: 10.5.22

Full proposal due date: 10.6.22