Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Approaches to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- RFA-CE-27-014
- Agency
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- Up to $650,000
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Small Businesses
- City/Township Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Other
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- State Governments
- For Profit Organizations
- Unrestricted
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- County Governments
- Special District Governments
- Points of contact
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- Candis Hunter ncipc_erpo@cdc.gov (770) 488-1347
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is forecasting a grant solicitation for investigator-initiated research that rigorously evaluates innovative and promising approaches to prevent firearm-related injuries, deaths, violence, and crime without infringing on the rights of legal firearm owners; the forecast was posted July 9, 2026, and no application due date appears in the source. Applicants may submit under Funding Option A or Option B, not both. Option A, for projects relying on existing data that do not support implementing prevention activities, is funded up to $350,000 per year (direct and indirect costs) for a period of performance up to 2 years. Option B, for projects requiring new data collection and/or implementation of prevention activities, is funded up to $650,000 per year (direct and indirect costs) for a period of performance up to 3 years. The source does not state an expected number of awards or an award floor.
Listed applicant types include public and private higher education institutions, independent school districts, small businesses, for-profit organizations, 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, state, county, city or township, and special district governments, federally recognized and non-federally recognized tribal entities, public or Indian housing authorities, and other organizations. Faith-based organization eligibility is listed as information to be included in the NOFO. The parent program's research eligibility covers academic health centers, scientist/researchers, operational public health programs, State and local governments, and public and private organizations involved in injury research.
Covered forms of firearm harm include mass shooting incidents, defensive gun use incidents, firearm-related homicides and assaults, firearm-related suicides and self-harm, unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and firearm-related crime. Example population groups include children, youth, young adults, active-duty military and veterans, rural communities, tribal populations, and those at risk of harming themselves or others. Review criteria are scientific/technical merit, personnel qualifications, feasibility and likelihood of meaningful results, alignment with national health priorities, and budget reasonableness; the source states no weighting. The opportunity is assigned to Assistance Listing 93.136, Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs.
Forecast synopsis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC or the Injury Center) is soliciting investigator-initiated research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative and promising approaches to prevent all forms of firearm-related injuries, deaths, violence, or crime without infringing on the rights of legal firearm owners. For this announcement such forms include: Mass shooting incidents, Defensive gun use incidents, Firearm-related homicides and assaults, Firearm-related suicides and self-harm, Unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, Firearm-related crime.
This NOFO offers Funding Option A or B to address the research objective. Applicants may submit a research proposal under either Funding Option A or B (not both).
Funding Option A will support research projects that rely on existing data to evaluate effectiveness and that do not support implementing prevention activities. These projects will be funded up to $350,000 per year (direct and indirect costs) for a period of performance up to 2 years.
Funding Option B will support research projects that require new data collection and/or implementation of prevention activities to evaluate effectiveness. These projects will be funded up to $650,000 per year (direct and indirect costs) for a period of performance up to 3 years.
Investigations could, for example, conduct research to evaluate the effectiveness and/or test the effects of scaling up, expanding, or improving approaches: 1) To prevent mass shooting incidents, suicide/self-harm firearm injuries, firearm-related assaults and homicides, unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and firearm-related crime; 2) To study defensive gun use as a strategy for prevention of injuries, deaths, and crime 3) For different population groups (e.g., children, youth, young adults, active-duty military/veterans, rural communities, tribal populations, and those at risk of harming themselves or others, including in situations of family and intimate partner violence); 4) For different settings (e.g., rural/urban, home, school, neighborhood, community, online) that can be leveraged to prevent firearm-related injuries and crime; 5) For addressing various individual, peer/family, community and societal risk and protective factors including approaches that address the community factors that contribute to firearm-related injuries, violence, deaths, and crime.
Eligibility
Faith Based OrganizationsAdditional Eligibility Information to be included in the NOFO
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