; and (2) may allow recipients of awards under this section to use such awards for costs associated with receiving guidance and training from senior researchers and mentors, as necessary to help such recipients reach a state of research independence, including conferences and other meeting participation. (e) Supplement, not supplant Awards made under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other funding for pediatric research and pediatric training. . 3. NIH Pediatric Research Consortium Title IV of the Public Health Service is amended by inserting after section 409D ( 42 U.S.C. 284h ) the following new section: 409D–1. NIH Pediatric Research Consortium (a) Establishment The Director of NIH shall establish and maintain a consortium to be known as the NIH Pediatric Research Consortium (in this sections referred to as the Consortium ) to coordinate pediatric research programs across the National Institutes of Health. (b) Membership The members of the Consortium shall consist of representatives of multiple national research institutes and national centers. (c) Chair The Chair of the Consortium shall be the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (or the Director’s designee). (d) Duties In coordinating pediatric research programs across the National Institutes of Health, the Consortium shall— (1) establish new or confirm existing National Institutes of Health pediatric research priorities, including priorities involving multiple national research institutes or national centers; (2) identify gaps and opportunities for research collaborations involving multiple national research institutes and national centers