# NICHD NETWORKS:  DATA COORDINATING CENTER

> **NIH NIH U01** · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 1994 · $2,480,469

## Abstract

This application requests a five-year renewal of the cooperative
agreement 5-U01-HD19897 previously entitled "Chorionic Villus Sampling
Vs Amniocentesis - Data Center".  The renewal application entitled
"NICHD Networks/Early Child Care Study:  Coordinating Center" requests
support for The George Washington University Biostatistics Center's
ongoing activities associated with the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (NICHD-NIH) Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit
(MFMU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Networks and the proposed
activities associated with the NICHD-NIH Early Child Care Study.

Initiated in 1986, the NICHD MFMU and NICU Networks conduct clinical
trials and epidemiologic studies in maternal-fetal medicine and
obstetrics, and neonatal medicine, respectively.  Currently, the 23
clinical centers associated with the Networks are implementing,
executing or analyzing a total of 24 projects (10 randomized clinical
trials, 2 pilot studies for proposed randomized clinical trials and 12
epidemiological studies).  The Biostatistics Center has been funded as
the MFMU and NICU Networks' Biostatistical Coordinating Center (BCC)
since its inception.  This renewal application also includes a proposal
by The Biostatistics Center to serve as the Data and Statistical
Coordinating Center (DSCC) for the NICHD-NIH funded Early Child Care
Study.  Implemented in 1991, the Early Child Care Study is a 10 site
observational study of over 1300 young children designed to examine the
effects of nonmaternal care, especially during the first year of life,
on the child's social and intellectual development.

The Biostatistics Center will provide statistical support and
consultation in the areas of design, execution, close-out and analysis
as they apply to the program of projects conducted by the Networks and
the Early Child Care Study.  Due to the scope of the program of
projects, the application is organized into six sections:  (1) budget
justification for the Networks and the Early Child Care Study, (2)
general technical proposal for the Networks, (3) specific technical
proposal for the MFMU Network, (4) specific technical proposal for the
NICU Network, (5) technical proposal for the Early Child Care Study, and
(6) bibliography of the literature cited.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2197882
- **Project number:** 5U01HD019897-10
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **SAM.gov UEI:** ECR5E2LU5BL6
- **Principal Investigator:** RAYMOND P BAIN
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1994
- **Award amount:** $2,480,469
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1984-09-30 → 1998-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2197882

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2197882, NICHD NETWORKS:  DATA COORDINATING CENTER (5U01HD019897-10). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2197882. Licensed CC0.

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