Project Grant 1946671

This $1,345,684 Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), aims to determine the proximal and temporal effects of alcohol use and sexual communication on intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) among sexual minority and heterosexual couples. The project will use rigorous experimental and intensive longitudinal designs to examine the impact of one's own and one's partner's acute alcohol use, as...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $750,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to the Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Foundation. This 36-month project, titled "Prevent, Protect, Prevail: A Multigenerational Approach to Disrupting Sexual Assault in Eagle County," will: Engage at least 700 high school students and 150 college students annually in...

This $448,399 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) will fund qualitative research and knowledge dissemination activities at DePaul University in partnership with a state sexual assault coalition. Specifically, DePaul University will conduct interviews with 45-50 adult sexual assault survivors in an urban and rural area who sought civil no-contact orders to...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $449,957 project grant to the University of Illinois under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026). The grant will support the development and evaluation of a gender-based violence capability within the university's existing student smartphone application. Through an iterative design process informed by trauma-informed principles and student input, the awardee will embed tools,...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems will fund $196,892 for research into understanding online-to-offline sexual violence through data donation from online dating app users. The award, made under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support the development of a data donation app and longitudinal study of consent practices between online and offline sexual encounters among online...

This Project Grant award of $446,618 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) supports a 36-month project by Family Resources, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). The project aims to: 1) Plan and host prevention programs to help colleges meet and exceed Title IX requirements,...

The King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) was awarded a $803,741 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in King County, Washington. Key activities under this 3-year grant include: 1) implementing a victim...

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). The 36-month grant funds a comprehensive, community-based project implemented by Citizens Against Physical And Sexual Abuse Inc. (CAPSA) to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded Western New England University a $400,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525). The grant funding will support the university's efforts, in collaboration with the YWCA of Western Massachusetts and Hampden County District Attorney's Office, to: 1) create a coordinated community response team; 2) provide prevention programming on...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to Valorus, doing business as the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA). With this 36-month award starting on October 1, 2023, Valorus will expand the implementation of the STARRSA (Science-Based Treatment, Accountability, and Risk Reduction for Sexual Assault) program, which provides interventions for college students who have engaged in...