Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) | PA 18 790

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunity titled "Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)" (Funding Opportunity Number: PA 18-790) supports collaborative, research-focused projects aimed at improving patient safety for pregnant people and for infants and children receiving hospital care. The emphasis is on understanding, preventing, and reducing medical errors and avoidable patient harm across perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric settings, including both routine inpatient environments and high-acuity areas such as neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. The mechanism is an R01 research project grant, and clinical trials are allowed but not required, meaning applicants can propose observational, implementation, or interventional work as long as it fits NIH definitions and requirements for the chosen approach.

This FOA is broad in scope and is intended to fund studies that describe and quantify safety problems, explain why they occur, and test ways to prevent them. On the descriptive side, the announcement specifically welcomes epidemiologic research that characterizes the frequency, types, and consequences of medical errors and patient harm in these populations. On the explanatory side, it encourages applicants to examine contributing factors at multiple levels, such as individual clinician behavior and decision-making, team communication and coordination, workflow and technology design, organizational culture, staffing and training models, and institutional policies. On the solution-building side, the FOA highlights intervention strategies that can be deployed at the individual, system, or institutional level, with the goal of reducing errors and improving the reliability and safety of care for newborns and children.

The overall purpose is to generate practical knowledge that healthcare systems can use to deliver the highest quality care with maximal safety and effectiveness for neonates and pediatric patients. Projects funded under this opportunity are expected to help build evidence for strategies that can be implemented in real clinical environments, including complex, fast-paced units where risk is higher and where the margin for error is small. Although the FOA does not limit applicants to specific error types, it is designed to accommodate a wide range of patient-safety domains relevant to perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric care, as long as the proposed work is rigorous and clearly tied to reducing preventable harm.

Eligibility is intentionally expansive. Eligible applicants include many types of U.S.-based organizations and governments, such as state, county, city, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The FOA also explicitly notes additional eligible applicant categories such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), eligible federal agencies, faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions.

At the same time, foreign participation is restricted. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible. In addition, foreign components, as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed under this announcement. In practical terms, the applicant organization and the work supported by the grant must be based in the United States and must not include foreign components as part of the proposed project structure.

The opportunity falls under the NIH assistance listing associated with CFDA 93.865 and is categorized under Health, Income Security and Social Services. The original closing date listed in the provided record is September 7, 2021, and the FOA record creation date is May 21, 2018. The provided source data does not specify an award ceiling or the expected number of awards, so applicants typically would need to confirm current budget guidance and application dates in NIH systems and in any active notices related to PA 18-790 or its successor announcements.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)" 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 2018-05-21.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-09-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• 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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