Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01) | RFA CE 16 001

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The Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA CE 16 001) is a CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) research initiative focused on strengthening the evidence base for primary prevention of violence and violence-related injury. The core aim is to support investigator-initiated studies that either (1) improve understanding of how to disseminate, implement, and translate evidence-based prevention strategies in real-world settings, or (2) rigorously evaluate prevention strategies, programs, or policies to determine what works, for whom, and under what conditions. The emphasis is on filling practical gaps that keep proven or promising approaches from being adopted effectively at scale and on producing strong evaluation evidence that can guide public health and community decision-making.

Programmatically, the grant targets four major violence domains: child abuse and neglect, teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence. Projects are expected to focus on primary prevention, meaning they are oriented toward stopping violence before it starts rather than responding after violence has occurred. The initiative specifically calls for strategies, programs, or policies that serve either universal populations (broad groups regardless of risk level) or selected high-risk populations, defined here as groups with one or more risk factors that increase the likelihood of initial perpetration of violence. In practice, this framing supports research that tests prevention approaches upstream, including community, school, healthcare, and policy environments, and that pays attention to implementation realities such as reach, fidelity, adaptation, sustainability, and scalability.

A distinguishing feature of the opportunity is its dual interest in both effectiveness and implementation. On one side, NCIPC is looking for rigorous evaluations that can credibly answer whether a prevention approach reduces violence or related injuries and closes known evidence gaps in the listed violence areas. On the other side, it is also looking for dissemination and implementation research that examines how evidence-based interventions can be translated into routine practice, what barriers and facilitators matter most, and what strategies improve uptake across different systems and settings. This makes the opportunity relevant to investigators working in public health, behavioral science, social services, education, criminal justice-adjacent prevention systems, and community-based prevention infrastructures, especially when research designs are strong and outcomes are clearly tied to violence prevention.

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, meaning CDC is expected to have substantial involvement during the project period compared with a standard grant. While the solicitation text provided does not spell out the exact nature of that involvement, cooperative agreements typically include collaboration with CDC on technical guidance, alignment with program priorities, and monitoring of progress toward shared outcomes. The award ceiling is $350,000, and the CDC anticipated making about 3 awards under this opportunity. The CFDA number listed is 93.136. The original closing date for applications was March 1, 2016, indicating this specific announcement is historical, though it reflects CDC priorities and structures commonly seen in violence prevention research funding.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that can conduct or support research, such as state, county, city/township, special district governments, independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses. The announcement also highlights that certain higher education institutions are encouraged to apply, including Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions. Additional eligible categories include eligible federal agencies, U.S. territories or possessions, faith-based and community-based organizations, regional organizations, bona fide agents applying on behalf of a state or local government (with required legal documentation attached in the application), and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs).

Overall, this opportunity is designed to move the field beyond knowing that prevention can work toward knowing how to make it work consistently across communities. It prioritizes research that produces actionable findings: evidence that supports decisions about adopting, adapting, and scaling prevention strategies that reduce child abuse and neglect, teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, with attention to both measurable outcomes and the practical steps needed to implement prevention effectively in real-world systems.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-11-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-03-01. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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