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20/24 The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium

Award Number: U01DA055354
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2026

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20/24 The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium - Neurodevelopmental processes are shaped by dynamic interactions between genes and environments. Maladaptive experiences early in life can alter developmental trajectories, leading to harmful and enduring developmental sequelae. Pre- and postnatal hazards include maternal substance exposure, toxicant exposures in pregnancy and early life, maternal health conditions, parental psychopathology, maltreatment, and excessive stress. To elucidate how various environmental hazards impact child development, it is imperative that a normative template of developmental trajectories over the first 10 years of life be established based on a sufficiently large and demographically heterogeneous sample of the US population. To accomplish this, the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Consortium has been formed to deploy a harmonized, optimized, and innovative set of neuroimaging (MRI, EEG) measures complemented by an extensive battery of behavioral, physiological, and psychological tools, and biospecimens to understand neurodevelopmental trajectories in a sample of 7,200 mothers and infants enrolled at 27 sites across the United States (US). The HBCD Study will carry out a common research protocol under direction of the HBCD Consortium Administrative Core (HCAC) and will assemble and distribute a comprehensive and well-curated research dataset to the scientific community at large under the direction of the HBCD Data Coordinating Center (HDCC). The overarching goal of the HBCD Study is to create a comprehensive, harmonized, and high-dimensional dataset that will characterize typical neurodevelopmental trajectories in US children and that will assess how biological and environmental exposures affect those trajectories. A special emphasis will be placed on understanding the impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to opioids, marijuana, alcohol, tobacco and/or other substances. To address these broad objectives, the sample of women enrolled will include: 1) a varied cohort that is representative of the US population; 2) pregnant woman with use of targeted substances (opioids, marijuana, alcohol, tobacco); and 3) demographically and behaviorally similar women without substance use in pregnancy to enable valid causal inferences. In addition, the HBCD Study will identify key developmental windows during which both harmful and protective environments have the most influence on later neurodevelopmental outcomes. The large, multi-modal, longitudinal, and generalizable dataset that will be produced for the f first time by this study will provide novel insights into child development using state-of-the-art methods. The HBCD Study will inform public policy to improve the health and development of children across the nation.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,744,182 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT STREET	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	5	7/14/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,744,182
														Subtotal = $1,744,182

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1,839,429 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT STREET	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	003	4	8/28/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$343,351
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT STREET	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	002	4	7/19/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,496,078
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT STREET	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	3	1/11/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT STREET	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	11/9/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,839,429

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,358,469 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT STREET	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	6/30/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,183,021
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT STREET	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	3	7/13/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$175,448
														Subtotal = $1,358,469

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,347,369 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT ST	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	002	2	7/7/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,347,369
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT ST	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	1	5/3/2022	NEW	$0
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT ST	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	11/4/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $1,347,369

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $926,559 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE	85 S PROSPECT ST	BURLINGTON	VT	05405	CHITTENDEN	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	9/24/2021	NEW	$926,559
														Subtotal = $926,559

Grand Total All Awards = $7,216,008

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20/24 The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium

Award Number: U01DA055354

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2026

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