Pediatric Device Consortia Grants Program - Apply by March 29, 2023

Pediatric medical device development faces unique challenges as children often differ from adults in size, growth, development, body chemistry, and disease propensity. Due in part to these issues, only a small number of medical devices approved are labeled for pediatric use, of which some are designed specifically for children, and others are adapted from adult applications.

To address this health inequity, FDA funds the Pediatric Device Consortia (PDC) grants program to advance the development of medical devices for children. These nonprofit consortia provide a platform of experienced regulatory, business planning, and device development services, such as intellectual property advising, prototyping, engineering, laboratory and animal testing, and grant-writing, to foster the advancement of medical devices for pediatric patients. In addition to key advising services, the consortia provide critical funding to innovators to directly advance these projects.

Apply to the current funding opportunity by Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET.