Discovery Grants are for established scientists with a history of published work in the maternal and infant health and related fields.
These grants are awarded to seasoned researchers seeking to make consequential translational discoveries that will drastically alter clinical care for pregnant people and babies, whether through evidence-based prevention, diagnosis, or intervention.
Discovery Grants are funding vehicles for research inquiries that are as practical as they are ambitious, as attainable as they are groundbreaking, and as transformative as they are necessary. These grants are given to researchers with inquiries that have the power to drastically improve pregnancy and birth outcomes across the U.S.
Priority topic 1
Spontaneous preterm birth
This topic focuses on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders leading to spontaneous preterm birth. Proposed studies must have the potential to improve clinical care to prevent adverse maternal and child outcomes.
Priority topic 2
Cardiovascular health conditions developed during pregnancy or exacerbated during pregnancy
Proposed studies in this topic area should focus on cardiovascular conditions that begin, develop, or worsen during pregnancy and identify tangible ways to characterize, prevent, and/or mitigate their development.
- All studies must have the potential to improve clinical care and decrease the rate of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
- All topics may include investigations looking at the periods of pregnancy, intrapartum, and up to one year postpartum.
- Research may include human studies or studies with human tissue or studies at the population level.
- Models systems research is discouraged, but is eligible if used to validate novel human disease processes.
- Research proposals may involve information and communications technology innovations.
- We encourage multidisciplinary collaborations, including those with community-based partners.