To: Children's Program Researchers...
NIH has just issued a new program announcement for R01 proposals on
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-437.html>Research on
Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect. I have included a brief summary
and the link to the complete guidelines below. (Please don't worry about
the sections that refer to the need to register for electronic
submission. NBER is already registered, and we have experience with
electronic submissions and can guide you through.)
If you would like to discuss possible research topics, Jon Gruber would be
happy to hear from you. As you may know, grants from NIH often support
substantial research efforts for as many as five years, so they allow you
to request funds for a large-scale project.
If you would like to learn more about what is involved in preparing a
proposal for NICHD and how we can help, let me know. Besides answering any
questions about the grant requirements, I can send you samples of
successful past proposals from the Children's Program.
Please feel free to contact Jon or me with any questions. I look forward
to working with you.
Janet Stein
Coordinator, Program on Children
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-437.html>Research on
Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect (R01)
(PA-07-437) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-437.html
Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits research
project grant applications focused on conducting efficacy and effectiveness
trials of child abuse and neglect interventions. Specifically, this FOA
solicits grant applications that include various levels of
interventions. For those interventions that need preliminary research,
applicants should consider additional mechanisms, which are used to
establish efficacy, including the R21 and R34, as appropriate. However,
given the public health need for children and families who experience the
negative effects of child abuse and neglect, interventions in which
preliminary developmental/exploratory work has already been undertaken, and
pilot studies, or in some cases efficacy trials, have demonstrated positive
change are strongly encouraged for R01 grant applications under this
FOA. Of particular interest is the development of large scale trials
designed to target either or both the victims or perpetrators of child
abuse and neglect, including preventive interventions. Child abuse and
neglect is a complex public health issue likely caused by a myriad of
factors, including individual-, family-, and community-level
elements. Thus, a research program focused on understanding and addressing
these problems must necessarily draw upon interdisciplinary theories and
approaches. One of the goals of this FOA is to bring together
multi-disciplinary and translational perspectives encompassing basic
biomedical, behavioral and social science research in mental health,
physical health, public health and prevention, alcohol and substance abuse,
neurology, injury, trauma and child development, to advance our knowledge
of child abuse and neglect. Only projects proposing rigorous scientific
research designs will be considered; service demonstrations or other types
of service programs are not eligible for funding under this FOA.
Janet Stein
Program Administrator
National Bureau of Economic Research
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: (617) 588-0366
fax: (617) 868-2742
Received on Mon Aug 27 2007 - 17:23:14 EDT
