Sec. 2. Trans-NIH Awards for Early-Career Pediatric Researchers
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Part G of title IV of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Director of the NIH shall make awards to outstanding scientists, including physician-scientists, to support researchers focusing on pediatric research, including basic, clinical, translational, or pediatric pharmacological research. In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of NIH, in consultation with the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the directors of other national research institutes and national centers that participate within the Trans-NIH Pediatric Research Consortium, shall— establish priority research topic areas, informed by external stakeholders, including research institutions, research societies, patient organizations, and industry; and consider opportunities to align such priority pediatric research topic areas with current and future priorities of the National Institutes of Health, including— childhood cancer; precision medicine, genetics, and genomics; rare diseases and disorders, such as sickle cell disease, and other diseases and disorders with significant unmet training needs; fetal, placental, and neonatal development; and child and adolescent mental health.
In making awards under this section, the Director of NIH shall— give priority to researchers, including physician-scientists, who have a demonstrated proficiency in conducting pediatric research, but have not yet achieved research independence at the time of their application; and give special consideration to researchers from populations that are historically underrepresented in pediatric medical research. The Director of NIH— shall require recipients of awards under this section to use such awards to support pediatric research activities, including costs associated with laboratory staff and other costs associated with the conduct of research; and may allow recipients of awards under this section to use such awards for costs associated with receiving guidance and training from senior researchers as necessary to help such recipients reach a state of research independence, including conferences and other meeting participation.
Awards made under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other funding for research career development awards. .
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Trans-NIH Awards for Early-Career Pediatric Researchers
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