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2013
Business Opportunities (RFPs)
RFP-NIH-NICHD-NCS-2013-16National Children’s Study Notice of Intent for Sole Source Follow-on IMS Contracts
Posted Date: March 4, 2013
Federal Register Notices
2012
Announcements
Video Voice Project Accepted into APHA Annual Film Festival (June 2012)
The National Children’s Study Program Office is proud to highlight the Video Voice project, a formative research project recently completed by three Study Centers. This was a collaboration between the Johns Hopkins University Study Center, the Greater Chicago Study Center, and the Los-Angeles-Ventura Study Center. The Johns Hopkins University’s Video Voice project was recently accepted into the American Public Health Association’s (APHA’s) annual film festival and will be screened and presented at the APHA conference in October 2012.
The 2012 Teratology Society Annual Meeting will hold a National Children’s Study Symposium to discuss the past, present, and future of the Study. The symposium, which will be held June 27 in Baltimore, will be followed by three concurrent breakout sessions. The research is to be presented jointed by National Children’s Study Principal Investigators and federal staff, reflecting the collaborative nature of the research to date.
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The contracts for the National Children’s Study Vanguard Study Centers will soon expire. All of the contracts were initiated for a five-year period with a one-year extension. Before the current contracts expire, however, the federal government will announce opportunities for new contracts. All current contractors will be eligible to compete for the new contracts in a full and open competition. This procedure is standard for nearly all government contracts. This is a series of questions and answers that provide more information about this process.
- Hirschfeld Named Director of National Children’s Study (February 2012)
Dr. Alan Guttmacher, Director of the NICHD, announced on January 24 that Dr. Steven Hirschfeld has been named Director of the National Children’s Study. Dr. Hirschfeld has served as the Acting Director of the Study since 2009.
Congressional Justification
Business Opportunities (RFPs)
Federal Register Notices
Letters to Study Centers
2011
Announcements
A number of National Children’s Study Support Contractors and Study Centers—and the Program Office’s own Drs. Carl Hill and Mike Dellarco—delivered oral and poster presentations at the 2011 APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition that took place in Washington, DC on October 29–November 2, 2011. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies.”
Business Opportunities (RFPs)
- NIH-NICHD-NCS S-10-22
The National Children’s Study–Vanguard Centers
Contract Award Date(s): June 20, 2011; July 1, 2011
- NIH-NICHD-NCS-10-22
National Children’s Study (Vanguard Center)
Contract Award Date(s): March 11, 2011
Federal Register Notices
2010
Announcements
- Study Recruitment Launches in 30 New Locations: Millions Learn About It Online, on Television, and on the Radio (November 2010)
In mid-September 2010, the National Children’s Study announced that 30 new locations nationwide will begin recruitment. This brings the total number of Study locations recruiting pregnant women, or women who could become pregnant, to 37. News of this recruitment launch was heard far and wide, thanks to a flurry of communication activities.
- Formative Research Projects Undertaken as Part of the National Children’s Study (November 2010) (PDF 119 KB)The National Children’s Study has initiated several formative research projects that are limited in scope and duration and are intended to augment the Vanguard Study to address specific technical questions and provide information on the acceptability, feasibility, and cost of the research. These formative research projects will provide data to explore new and potentially cost-effective approaches in many areas, including genetic, cognitive, and environmental assessments that have not previously been evaluated from an operational perspective. Based on the results of these formative research projects, the National Children’s Study can evaluate the types of research questions that would be feasible for the Main Study.
- Call for Letters of Interest to Participate in Formative Research for the National Children’s Study (Restricted to Current Centers Under National Children’s Study Contract) (June 2010)The National Children’s Study has reframed the Vanguard Study scope of activity to focus on feasibility, acceptability, and cost of the elements that will form the National Children’s Study Main Study. Attached is the third in a planned series of announcements for letters of interest to augment Vanguard Study activities with efforts that will accelerate development and deployment of the Main Study.
- Review of Study Center Security Materials for FISMA Compliance (April 2010)
On Friday, April 30, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. EST, the National Children’s Study Program Office will discuss materials Study Centers will use to document their security plan, their privacy impact assessment, and their risk assessment.
- Call for Letters of Intent to Participate in Formative Research for the National Children’s Study (Restricted to Current Centers under National Children’s Study Contract) (February 2010)
The National Children’s Study has reframed the Vanguard Study scope of activity to focus on feasibility, acceptability, and cost of the elements that will form the Main Study. This is the second in a planned series of announcements for Letters of Intent to augment Vanguard Study activities with efforts that will accelerate development and deployment of the Main Study.
- National Children’s Study Alternate Recruitment Studies Contract List (February 2010)The National Children’s Study Program Office received a robust response to the Letter of Intent (LOI) announcement that was issued on December 24, 2009 for evaluating alternate recruitment strategies for the National Children’s Study Vanguard Study. The LOIs were impressive both scientifically and technically. The LOI responses were evaluated by the Program Office in a systematic and thorough manner and the 10 Study Centers selected for each of the 3 recruitment strategies are listed.
Federal Register Notices
2009
Announcements
- Call for Letters of Intent to Participate in Evaluation of Additional Recruitment Strategies for the National Children’s Study (Restricted to Current Centers under National Children’s Study Contract with Vanguard, Wave 1, or Wave 2 Status) (December 2009)
The National Children’s Study is planning to expand the scope of activity of the Vanguard Study in order to accelerate development and deployment of the Main Study. The goals are to evaluate (1) alternative strategies for recruitment, (2) Study visit assessments (those events and assessments that are scheduled during Study visits), and (3) Study logistics and operations.
- National Children’s Study Review in October 2009 Issue of Environmental Health Perspectives
In the October 2009 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers identify a tiered data collection approach for extant data. This approach, used by the Queens Vanguard Center, is presented as general guidance for the data needs of other Study locations.
- An Update on the Status of the National Children’ Study from the Acting Director (October 2009)
The NCS Program Office has analyzed the Vanguard Study experience to date and based on this analysis, several changes will be implemented to ensure that the NCS will accomplish its scientific and public health goals aligned with the highest scientific, ethical and fiscally responsible standards. The Vanguard Study will focus entirely on assuring the feasibility, acceptability and determining the cost of the procedures and data collections being considered for the Main Study. The Vanguard Study will continue for the same length of time as the Main Study, but always by a time interval, currently estimated as about two and a half years, ahead of the Main Study with the purpose of developing and refining the operations and assessments that will be in the Main Study.
- The National Children’s Study Announces Dr. Steven Hirschfeld as the New Acting Director (August 2009)
Capt. Steven Hirschfeld, MD, PhD, NICHD’s Associate Director for Clinical Research, has been appointed Acting Director of the National Children’s Study. Peter Scheidt, MD, MPH, led the Study through its inception and planning phases, into the current pilot phase. Dr. Scheidt will now provide guidance to the NICHD Director and program directors on activities in perinatal and pediatric epidemiology and medicine. Under Dr. Hirschfeld’s direction, the Study will continue all the activities needed to make this Study scientifically, programmatically, and administratively strong.
- National Children’s Study Article in August 2009 Issue of Exceptional Parent Magazine (PDF 351 KB)
In the August 2009 issue of Exceptional Parent magazine, Dr. Marion Balsam, Director of Partnerships and Adjunct Studies for the National Children’s Study, provides a follow-up to her 2005 article about a day in the life of the Study, highlighting the recruiting that has started at the seven Vanguard Centers. This article is posted with the expressed consent and approval of Exceptional Parent, a monthly magazine for parents and families of children with disabilities and special healthcare needs. For more information visit http://www.eparent.com.
- National Children’s Study Editorial in January 2009 Issue of Environmental Health Perspectives (PDF 101 KB)
In the January 2009 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, Dr. Peter Scheidt, Director of the National Children’s Study, and other lead Study investigators, highlight the opportunities, challenges, and potential health benefits of this national longitudinal cohort Study of 100,000 children, as enrollment and data collection begin at the first of the Vanguard locations.
Federal Register Notices
2008
Announcements
- National Children’ Study Web Site Tours
Tour the home page and the site design for details on the Web site’s features.
- National Children’s Study Response to the NAS Review of the Study's Research Plan (August 2008)The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel identified a number of concerns and recommendations for realizing the Study’s optimum potential. The Study has carefully considered all of the identified concerns and the 33 recommendations in the NAS report and has responded accordingly. The Study is very pleased with the NAS review of the Research Plan and feels that it clearly met the objectives for performing it. Although, as noted in more detail in the Study’s response, some of the concerns and recommendations are either already being addressed or would require substantial additional resources to implement. Additionally, a number of the recommendations point to ways that the Study can be improved. We welcome these recommendations and where possible will be incorporating them into the Study.
- National Children's Study Launches Newly Redesigned National Web Site (August 2008)
In preparation for the start of recruitment, the National Children’s Study has launched a new national Web site with enhanced content, new sections, and an updated look and feel. The national Web site uses the same address as the old Web site and can be accessed at www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov. The Study redesigned its Web site to communicate new and updated information to its numerous key stakeholders, the largest of which will be its participants, and to better represent the Study’s progress to date.
- National Children's Study Announces a Request for Proposals for a Biological and Environmental Sample Repository (July 2008)
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to award a contract to an organization to serve as a Repository for biospecimens and environmental samples for the National Children’s Study. The Repository will be responsible for receipt, secure storage, preparation, and distribution of all biological specimens that will be collected from participants periodically throughout the Study. The Repository will also store all environmental samples that will be collected from households and perhaps other locations periodically throughout the length of the Study.
- National Children's Study Announces Request for Proposals for New Study Centers (March 2008)
The National Children’s Study announces another major step toward the Study’s full implementation with the issuing of a new Request for Proposals (RFP) for additional Study Centers. The Study plans to establish another wave of new Study locations and Centers across the country. Fifty-eight previously identified Study locations that have not been included in past awards are included in this solicitation.
- National Children's Study Prepares for Addition of 2008 Study Centers (January 2008)The National Children’s Study announces that it will move forward with plans to fund 10–15 additional Study Centers to manage Study operations in communities across the country. This increased pace of Study activity is possible because of the Congressional appropriation of funds for fiscal year 2008. With this funding, NICHD is planning to award contracts to expand the active locations (counties) in the Study and to increase the number of organizations that can serve as Study Centers.
Federal Register Notices
2007
Announcements
Federal Register Notices
2006
Announcements
- The National Children's Study's Progress: A Funding Update (March 2006)
Although the FY 2007 Presidential budget did not include funds for the Study, the seven Vanguard Centers and the Coordinating Center will engage in start-up activities across the country. Congress authorized the Study through the Children’s Health Act of 2000 and has demonstrated ongoing interest in its being continued. While action on FY 2007 appropriation is in process, Study planners will continue to work with the Centers to establish infrastructure to support the Study, while simultaneously preparing for cessation of Study activities in 2007, as directed in the President’s budget.
Federal Register Notices
2005
Announcements
- National Children's Study Awards Seventh Vanguard Center (November 2005)
The National Children’s Study welcomes South Dakota State University (SDSU), with the Children’s Medical Center of Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati, to the National Children’s Study as the seventh Vanguard Center. SDSU will implement the Study in one location composed of four adjacent counties—Brookings County in South Dakota and Yellow Medicine, Pipestone, and Lincoln Counties in Minnesota.
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2004
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2003
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2002
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