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The NExT AI Hubs program (RFA-HD-27-006) is a NICHD P20 exploratory center opportunity examining how children with or at risk for specific learning disabilities interact with artificial intelligence technologies in reading, writing, and mathematics.
The program's framing is deliberately and unusually restrictive, and applicants who miss this will write the wrong proposal: NICHD is not funding the development of new AI tutoring tools, and it is not funding evaluations of commercial AI products.
It is funding research that treats AI as one component of a broader learning environment and asks how children with learning disabilities actually engage with it - what they understand about it, how it changes their strategies, where it helps and where it substitutes for skill development.
This positions the program at the intersection of AI safety and efficacy for a vulnerable population, developmental cognitive science, and special education research. Budgets are capped at $390,000 in direct costs per year over a maximum four-year project period, with NICHD committing $1,600,000 in FY 2027 for up to 3 awards, renewable once for a total of eight years.
The open date is 2 September 2026 with applications due 3 October 2026 - a notably short window, so teams should be assembling now. Foreign organizations are not eligible.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants include higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, and faith-based organizations. Foreign organizations are not eligible to apply. Clinical trials are optional under this NOFO. Research must focus on understanding how AI technologies function within the broader learning environment for children with or at risk for specific learning disabilities in reading, writing, and mathematics - not on developing new AI tools or evaluating commercial products. The open date is 2 September 2026 and applications are due 3 October 2026. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows application budgets are limited to $390,000 in direct costs per year, with a maximum project period of four years - approximately $1,560,000 in direct costs over the full period. NICHD intends to commit $1,600,000 in FY 2027 to fund up to 3 awards. A P20 hub may be renewed once, for a combined total of up to eight years. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for NIH NICHD Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual Learning (NExT AI) Hubs P20 RFA-HD-27-006 are due October 3, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
NIH NICHD Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual Learning (NExT AI) Hubs P20 RFA-HD-27-006 is funded by U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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