Funding details will be required only after the Application is provisionally approved. Funding shall include any necessary coverage for specific Coordinating Center, repository, and other National Children’s Study contracted services and materials necessary to carry out the project.
Examples of functions that may be carried out by National Children’s Study contracted services to assist with Supplemental Methodological Study (SMS) planning and implementation may include, but are not limited to:
- Identification and tracking of participants
- Conducting impact analyses, such as potential additional burden on Study infrastructure and participants
- Developing “pick-lists” for obtaining laboratory samples
- Aliquotting, handling, and shipping laboratory materials.
Guidance will be provided by the Program Office regarding logistics and costs, if indicated, for any services required of the National Children’s Study or its contractors to support the SMS.