The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) seeks to advance its mission through the Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual learning Hubs (NExT AI Hubs) initiative, using a Centers program. The new Centers will carry out research on understudied, highly innovative, and high-risk research topics related to the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies on developmental outcomes in children at risk for developing, or who have been diagnosed with, a specific learning disability (SLD) impacting reading, writing, and mathematics. Grant authorities that allow the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to forecast this opportunity are as follows: Public Health Service Act, Section 301, 448 and 487, as amended, Public Laws 78-410 and 99-158, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 241; 42 U.S.C. 285g; 42 U.S.C. 288; Small Business Research and Development Enhancement Act of 1992, Public Law 102-564, Public Law 118-47.

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