Violence affects people of all ages and its impact is far-reaching. It is a leading cause of death and nonfatal injuries in the United States and constitutes a major public health crisis, especially among young people, and in particular among racial/ethnic minority, sexual and gender minority (SGM) and disability populations.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The purpose of this FOA is to fund additional research projects that will develop and test prospective interventions at the community or community organization level with the aim of preventing firearm and related violence, injury and mortality. These research projects will become part of the existing Community-Level Interventions for Firearm Violence Prevention Research Network (CLIF-VP), which also includes a Coordinating Center. Funded under a cooperative agreement, members of the CLIF-VP Research Network will collaborate to share approaches, data, and methods, working closely with NIH Institutes, Offices and Centers. Applicants applying to this FOA are encouraged to review the Coordinating Center FOA (PAR-22-120) to fully understand the CLIF-VP Research Network structure and activities.
Research Objectives
The CLIF-VP Research Network will support a network of research projects to develop and test prospective interventions at the community or community organization level that aim to prevent firearm and related violence, injury and mortality.
Research questions could include but are not limited to:
- What new and innovative violence intervention practices can be developed from existing theory and/or basic social and behavioral research that would provide additive or complementary effectiveness to existing programs and practices?
- How can the type and dose of various intervention components be combined and/or sequenced to optimize effectiveness and/or adoption potential in a broad range of communities to reduce violence, especially firearm violence? This could include examination of dosing and timing of intervention components that occur in different sectors such as healthcare, education, and policing.
- What role do the unique contextual factors of communities and/or community organizations play in enhancing or inhibiting the potential effects of intervention programs? Which program components are generalizable across communities/organizations and which may be effective only under certain contextual conditions? This could include examination of whether interventions are effective across different socially marginalized populations (e.g., LGBTQ, disability) that are known to be disproportionally impacted by firearm and related violence.
- How do various sources of adaptation (e.g., intervention content, mode of delivery, population, setting) within a range of community or community organizational contexts impact the effectiveness of the intervention on both (firearm) violence prevention and implementation outcomes? What are the community, organizational and contextual level barriers and facilitators to adoption, scale up, and sustainability of programs and practices and what are the best implementation strategies to address those barriers?
Funding Information
- Application budgets are limited to $500,000 per year in direct cost for UG3 (phase 1), and $1,000,000 per year in direct costs for UH3 (phase 2).
- The maximum project period is 5 years. This includes up to 2 years for the UG3 (phase 1) and up to 4 years for the UH3 (phase 2) with the total project period for both the UG3 and UH3 phases not to exceed 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
- Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
- Federal Government
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
- Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations.
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