Assistance Listing 93.ECH
Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
Assistance Listing 93.ECH, “Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program,” is a federal program administered by Department of Health and Human Services. It provides grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 1 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $174M in obligations for fiscal year 2025.
The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, a nationwide research initiative, aims to investigate the root causes of childhood chronic diseases and how to prevent them. The mission is to enhance the health of children for generations to come. The Program has two major components: the ECHO Cohort for observational research and the ECHO Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) for intervention research. The ECHO Cohort is the largest longitudinal child health study in the United States, with data from more than 150,000 children and their families—from before conception through age 21 years-- integrated into one powerful resource. The studies share standardized protocol, data elements, and biospecimen collection procedure managed by centralized cores. The ECHO Institutional Development Award (IDeA) States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) brings state-of-the-art clinical trials to children and families in rural or underserved areas, focusing on conditions that disproportionately affect these communities. This network also provides capacity building and professional development to institutions in states with historically low rates of NIH funding. The ECHO program focuses on five key pediatric outcomes that have a high public health impact: prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal outcomes; upper and lower airway conditions; obesity; neurodevelopment; and positive child health or well-being.
As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.
Awards can be made to domestic, public or private, for-profit or nonprofit organization, university, college, hospital, laboratory, or other institution, including State and local units of government, and individuals. Additional details on eligibility are specified in each Funding Opportunity Announcement.
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
93.ECH is the Assistance Listing Number for “Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Unrestricted by Entity Type. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.
The agency reported $174,213,528 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.