Monday, September 21, 2026

Register Now for the NIH Maternal Health Challenge: Research Capacity Building in Maternity Care Deserts, Deadline September 23, 2026

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is excited to let you know about a new opportunity

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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  /  National Institutes of Health

Register by September 23 for the NIH Maternal Health Challenge

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is excited to let you know about a new opportunity—Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge: Research Capacity Building in Maternity Care Deserts (CCMH 2.0)designed to build research capacity among community-based organizations serving maternity care deserts and support research addressing maternal health outcomes, including the role of fathers.

The challenge, co-sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Nursing Research, Office of Research on Women’s Health, and Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, through the IMPROVE initiative, is open to community-based organizations with an interest in maternal health. Organizations can also choose to partner with an academic medical center or university, such as an NCCIH grantee. 

The recruitment phase is open until September 23, 2026.

The challenge offers a total prize purse of $3.1 million across the multiple phases of the challenge. These resources are intended to help participating organizations strengthen their capacity to develop and conduct maternal health research or become partners to contribute to future NIH-funded or other U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)-funded agencies’ research activities that impact their communities.

Learn More and Register

For complete challenge instructions, visit Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge: Research Capacity Building in Maternity Care Deserts (CCMH 2.0) on the NIH website. Interested organizations are encouraged to review the Frequently Asked Questions page.

To participate, use the Solve This Challenge registration link.

We encourage you to share this announcement with community organizations, colleagues, and partners who may be interested in building their capacity to conduct maternal health research.

For additional information about the challenge, send an email to: philipsyb@nih.gov.

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