Research Grants to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries (R01)
Application Due Date: 02/04/2022

On November 8, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released RFA-CE-22-004 , Research Grants to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries (R01). The intent of this funding opportunity announcement is to support research to improve understanding of firearm injury, inform the development of innovative and promising prevention strategies, and rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of strategies to keep individuals, families, schools, and communities safe from firearm-related injuries, deaths, and crime. For this announcement, firearm-related injuries, deaths, and crime include mass shooting incidents, other firearm homicides/assaults, firearm suicides/self-harm, unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and firearm-related crime.

Applicants may propose research under one or both of the following two Research Objectives:

Objective One: Research to improve understanding of firearm injury and inform the development of innovative and promising prevention strategies.

Objective Two: Research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative and promising strategies to keep individuals, families, schools, and communities safe from firearm-related injuries, deaths, and crime.

NCIPC intends to commit up to $11,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 to support up to twenty-five applications. The total amount awarded, and the number of awards will depend upon the number, quality, duration, and cost of applications received and approved.

Applicants may submit a research proposal under either of the following funding options:

Funding Option A will support research projects that rely on existing data and do not support implementation of prevention activities. These projects will be funded up to $350K/year for a period of performance for up to 2 years.

Funding Option B will support research projects that require support for new data collection activities and/or the implementation of prevention activities. These projects will be funded up to $650K/year for a period of performance for up to 3 years.
For More Information
The Notice of Funding Opportunity can be found at www.grants.gov by searching for “RFA-CE-22-004.”
Special dates:
Letter of intent (optional) due: December 8, 2021
Application due: February 4, 2022