To: Children's Program Researchers...
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control has just issued a
new program announcement for R01 proposals on
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CE-08-003.html>Research
for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01) . I have
included a brief program summary, the research objectives, 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. If you would like to learn more about what is
involved in preparing a proposal fhow 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/rfa-files/RFA-CE-08-003.html>Research
for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)
(RFA-CE-08-003)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Application Receipt Date(s): February 15, 2008
Executive Summary
* NCIPC is soliciting investigator-initiated (R01) research that will
expand and advance the understanding of violence, its causes, and
prevention strategies. Applications must address one of the research
objectives listed in this FOA.
* The participating organizations intend to commit a total of $1.8
million to this RFA for payment of applications responsive to this
announcement statement.
* Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of
funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
* Five to six awards will be funded
* Budget Period, Project Period, and Award Amounts: The budget period
will be for one year and the anticipated project period up to three years.
The funding level will not exceed $300,000 total (including direct and
indirect costs) per year.
1. Research Objectives
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of CDC within HHS is
committed to achieving the health promotion and disease prevention
objectives of "Healthy People 2010" and to measuring program performance as
stipulated by the Government Performance and Review Act (GPRA). This RFA
addresses Healthy People 2010priority area(s) of injury and violence
prevention and is in alignment with NCIPC performance goal(s) to conduct a
targeted program of research to reduce injury-related disability. ) For
more information, see <http://www.healthypeople.gov/>www.healthypeople.gov
and <http://intra-apps.cdc.gov/fmo/>http://intra-apps.cdc.gov/fmo/.
The purposes of the NCIPC extramural research program are to:
* Build the scientific base for the prevention and control of fatal and
nonfatal injuries and related disabilities.
* Encourage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines of
epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, medicine, biostatistics,
public health, health economics, law, criminal justice, and engineering to
perform research in order to prevent and control injuries more effectively.
* Encourage investigators to propose research that involves
intervention development and testing as well as research on methods to
enhance the adoption and maintenance of effective intervention strategies
among individuals, organizations, or communities.
Research Objectives
NCIPC is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand
and advance our understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention
strategies. The following research objectives are the focus of this
solicitation:
1. Dissemination/Implementation Research
Conduct studies aimed at identifying and evaluating efficient and effective
methods for the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based
interventions, programs, and polices to prevent either the perpetration of
or victimization from violence. This research is intended to bridge the gap
between prevention research and everyday practice by building a knowledge
base about how evidence-based violence prevention information and
strategies are disseminated, translated and integrated for use by
communities and policy makers. Examples of such studies include: examining
the optimal ways to synthesize, translate, and package effective prevention
approaches; examining ways to build individual and organizational
capacities to use effective approaches (i.e., understanding the type and
quality of technical assistance training, coaching, monitoring necessary to
support effective implementation); understanding how individual,
organizational and community characteristics influence the adoption and
effective use of empirically-supported violence prevention approaches; and
once an effective approach is adopted, understanding the effects of
implementing the program, policy, or practice as originally developed
(i.e., with fidelity), as opposed to changing the content or delivery
format (i.e., adapting). While adaptation occurs with great frequency in
the practice field, we know very little about the kinds of modifications
that are likely to diminish or increase an interventions effectiveness.
For this solicitation, funds are available to address
dissemination/implementation research in the areas of child maltreatment or
youth violence. Evidence-based interventions, programs, and policies are
defined as those for which there is evidence of effectiveness in reducing
perpetration of or victimization from child maltreatment or youth violence
based on systematic reviews of the field or two or more well designed
studies (i.e., experimental, quasi-experimental, time series, or similar
designs with appropriate baseline/pre-intervention data, post-intervention
data and comparison or control groups).
2. Efficacy/Effectiveness Research
Evaluate the efficacy, effectiveness, and cost effectiveness of primary
prevention strategies, programs, and policies to prevent the perpetration
of violence. These strategies, programs or policies can be targeted
universally or at selected or high-risk populations, but cannot be targeted
at individuals who have already engaged in the perpetration of violence.
For this solicitation, funds are available to conduct such studies aimed at
preventing the perpetration of child maltreatment, intimate partner
violence, sexual violence, youth violence, and/or suicidal behavior. There
is particular interest in evaluating approaches that make changes at the
family/relationship, community or societal levels of social influence; in
evaluating approaches designed to reduce multiple forms of violence; and in
approaches aimed at reducing racial/ethnic, gender, and/or economic
disparities.
3. Etiologic Research
Conduct studies to examine the development of perpetration. These studies
should be designed to provide a better understanding of the developmental
pathways and social circumstances that contribute to the perpetration of
violence. Such studies should be designed to provide important information
on the populations at high-risk for perpetration, the modifiable risk and
protective factors, as well as the optimal developmental periods and
settings for intervention.
For this solicitation, funds are available to examine the development of
perpetration in the areas of suicidal behavior, intimate partner violence,
sexual violence, and/or child maltreatment.
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 Fri Dec 21 2007 - 14:19:53 EST
