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...
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 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 $1,529,090.00, 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 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 CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research, provides $167,783 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to conduct research aimed at identifying modifiable nursing features to improve emergency department (ED) patient outcomes and reduce disparities. The primary goals are to: 1) determine which nursing models of care (defined by ED and inpatient nursing resources) are associated with improved ED patient outcomes,...
This Project Grant award of $468,978 from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361), will fund the development and delivery of a short course titled "Advancing Social Determinants of Health Research through a CBPR Lens." The course aims to prepare nursing and other health professional researchers to design and implement community-based participatory research (CBPR) studies that investigate the impacts of social...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) will support a research project at The Johns Hopkins University to enhance gun violence surveillance and investigate related spatial and temporal determinants. The $243,768 award, with a project period from September 2024 to August 2026, will fund the following key activities: Developing an analytical approach to detect emerging spatial-temporal clusters of gun...
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...
This Project Grant award of $726,000.00 from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will support the University of Maryland, College Park in conducting cutting-edge, mixed methods research and translational science to expand knowledge and deliver actionable solutions for reducing gun violence in Maryland and the National Capital Region. The key products and services to be delivered through this 2-year initiative...
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 injury, healthcare in the aftermath of firearm injury, recovery and reinjury prevention, and community-partnered and policy approaches to address firearm injury inequities. The award will support 60 developing researchers across three cohorts and program years to gain new expertise and build a robust peer and mentor network for impactful contributions to firearm injury prevention. The program is situated within the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing and Injury Control and Research Center, in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, and leverages the resources of both institutions.