The Children's Heart Foundation's 2020 Call for Research Proposals is now open! The Children's Heart Foundation funds life-saving, life-changing congenital heart defect (CHD) research in clinical cardiology, translational research, population science, and advancement, prevention, detection of surgical and interventional techniques including, but not limited to the following areas:
Genetics
Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Devices and procedural research (cardiac catheterization and surgery)
Neurodevelopmental and functional outcomes
Quality and policy regarding delivery of care, coverage, and access
Maternal environment and modifiable disease impact on fetuses with CHD
Fetal diagnosis and intervention
Long-term care of adults with CHDs
Technological development and advancements
The Children's Heart Foundation's 2020 Call for Research Proposals is now open! The Children's Heart Foundation funds life-saving, life-changing congenital heart defect (CHD) research in clinical cardiology, translational research, population science, and advancement, prevention, detection of surgical and interventional techniques including, but not limited to the following areas:
Genetics
Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Devices and procedural research (cardiac catheterization and surgery)
Neurodevelopmental and functional outcomes
Quality and policy regarding delivery of care, coverage, and access
Maternal environment and modifiable disease impact on fetuses with CHD
Fetal diagnosis and intervention
Long-term care of adults with CHDs
Technological development and advancements
Invasive surgical procedures provide the unique ability to record and stimulate neurons within precisely localized brain structures in humans. Human studies using invasive technology are often constrained by a limited number of patients and resources available to implement complex experimental protocols and are rarely aggregated in a manner that addresses research questions with appropriate statistical power. Therefore, this RFA seeks applications to assemble diverse, integrated, multi-disciplinary teams that cross boundaries of interdisciplinary collaboration to overcome these fundamental barriers and to investigate high-impact questions in human neuroscience. Projects should maximize opportunities to conduct innovative in vivo neuroscience research made available by direct access to brain recording and stimulating from invasive surgical procedures.