Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research

The National Institutes of Health is funding firearm injury and mortality prevention research under CFDA 93.00Q, with $12.5 million in annual congressional appropriations available since 2020.

Congress has sustained this appropriation at $12.5 million annually since 2020 to support research investigating the underlying causes and evidence-based prevention methods for firearm injury and mortality, including crime prevention applications. NIH Office of the Director identifies proposals relevant to the program mandate and routes them to appropriate national research institutes for support. The program operates through competitive peer-reviewed applications evaluated by scientific review groups for merit and by national advisory councils for program relevance. Individual NOFOs may specify different renewal or extension terms.

The source does not provide a recent grant awards portfolio, representative recent awards, or open grant opportunities currently posted. No award cadence, assistance-type distribution (Project Grant, Cooperative Agreement, or other), or recent recipient examples are available to assess current program activity, typical award sizes, or active solicitations. Without this data, the recency and velocity of funding disbursements cannot be determined from the source material provided.

Applicants may challenge substantive or procedural aspects of their applications through communication with the NIH scientific or research contact identified in the relevant NOFO. Grant recipients must retain financial, programmatic, and supporting records for three years from the date of annual Federal Subaward Report submission, with extended retention periods if litigation, claims, financial reviews, or audits are pending. The HHS Inspector General and U.S. Comptroller General retain audit and inspection rights to recipient records and personnel for interview purposes.