The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $213,862 Project Grant under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to establish the UM Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention (IFIP) Summer Research Fellowship Training Program. The overarching goal of this 3-year program is to build greater capacity for conducting firearm injury prevention research among nursing and allied health scholars. Key objectives include launching a 12-week...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research) provides $210,318 to the University of Pennsylvania to develop, implement, and evaluate a 12-week short course designed to equip nurse scientists and scientists in aligned fields to lead research and develop interventions for firearm injury prevention. The overarching goal is to advance equity-centered, action-oriented research on the social and structural determinants of firearm...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,529,090.00, awarded on July 24, 2024 by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), will fund a study to implement and evaluate a secure firearm storage program in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across Illinois. The program, called S.A.F.E. Firearm, includes a brief clinician-parent conversation about secure firearm storage and the provision of free cable locks. The study will partner with AllianceChicago, a national practice-based...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research, will provide $300,807 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to conduct a 5-year longitudinal mixed methods study on the psychosocial and behavioral health outcomes of non-fatal firearm injuries among high-risk youth. The research aims to identify the psychosocial and behavioral health sequela, including risk of repeat victimization, and evaluate...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,198,649.00 was provided by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.136 - Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs) to New York University School of Medicine. The funding supports research, education, training, and direct services aimed at preventing firearm-related violence and injuries through social policies. The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027. As a prominent...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361), provides $889,744 to the University of Washington to support the implementation of intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention strategies by public health nurses in Alaska. The project aims to: (1) describe the IPV prevention practices delivered by public health nurses across the state, (2) identify barriers and facilitators to effective implementation...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $103,948 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University for the "COMMUNITY BUILDING IN GROUP ANTENATAL CARE IN MALAWI" project. The grant will fund research focused on advancing nursing science, health equity, and addressing social determinants of health, with the goal of improving healthcare outcomes and reducing health disparities. The project will be conducted from September 30, 2024 through May 14, 2026 at The Johns Hopkins...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $264,676 Project Grant (CFDA 93.361 - Nursing Research) to Yale University to establish the "Comprehensive Advancement in Research Education and Training for Social Determinants of Health (CARES)" program. The 3-year program aims to address gaps in the education and training of nursing researchers in social determinants of health (SDOH). Key objectives include orienting emerging nurse researchers to SDOH principles, developing...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $865,084 project grant (CFDA 93.361) to the Medstar Health Research Institute Inc. to investigate barriers to screening for domestic violence among women in emergency department settings. The project aims to leverage advanced data science methods to identify injury patterns and use natural language processing to find verbal cues in electronic health records related to domestic violence. It also involves conducting interviews with...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under CFDA Program 93.361 - Nursing Research, awarded a $2,933,274 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University to implement a Trauma and Violence Informed Care (TVIC) intervention for women living with HIV/AIDS who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant aims to improve HIV-related and mental health outcomes by addressing social determinants of health, such as housing instability and food...
The University of Colorado was awarded a $216,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) to establish the Firearm Injury Prevention Research in Nursing (FIPRN) Scholars Program. This 3-year program will recruit and train 8 nurse scholars annually on state-of-the-art concepts, research methodologies, and community-engaged approaches for addressing the public health challenge of firearm injury and death in the United States. The program aims to develop a skilled workforce capable of conducting rigorous, interdisciplinary research and implementing effective, evidence-based solutions to mitigate the significant human and economic costs of firearm-related harms.