Friday, October 27, 2006

FUNDING: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is soliciting investigator-initiated research in 3 areas:

* Family and Dyadic Focused Interventions to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence (CE07-002)

* Dissertation Grant Awards for Doctoral Candidates for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research in Minority Communities (CE07-009)

* Research for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury (CE07-010).

These 3 Grant Opportunities are detailed below.

* Family and Dyadic Focused Interventions to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence

Access the funding announcement (CE07-002) at http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11181

The purpose of the research is to develop, implement, and rigorously test the impact of either a family-based or dyad-based primary prevention strategy on the outcome of physical Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) perpetration and identified mediators with populations at risk for IPV.

Approximately $800,000 is expected to be available.

Two awards will be funded.

Funding level will not exceed $400,000 (including both direct and indirect costs) per year.

Project period is up to five (5)) years.

The award mechanism is a U49 cooperative agreement.

Key Dates

Letters of Intent Receipt Date: January 19, 2007

Application Receipt Dates: February 20, 2007

Anticipated Start Date: September 15, 2007

Technical assistance will be available for potential applicants during one conference call. The call for eligible applicants will be held on November 1, 2006 from 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The conference can be accessed by calling 1-800-369-1121 and entering access code LPATTERSON. At the time of the call, if you have problems accessing the conference call, please call 1-800-857-8777 for assistance.

* Dissertation Grant Awards for Doctoral Candidates for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research in Minority Communities

Access the funding announcement (CE07-009) at http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11157

The purpose of this program is to encourage doctoral candidates from a wide spectrum of disciplines including: epidemiology, medicine, biostatistics, health economics, public health, law and criminal justice, and the behavioral and social sciences to perform research in order to prevent and control injuries more effectively.

Approximately $100,000 is expected to be available.

Three to four awards will be funded.

Funding level will not exceed $25,000 (including both direct and indirect costs) per year.

Project period is one (1) year.

The award mechanism is a R49 grant.

Key Dates

Letters of Intent Receipt Date: November 15, 2006

Application Receipt Dates: December 15, 2006

Anticipated Start Date: September 1, 2007

Technical assistance will be available for potential applicants during one conference call. The call for eligible applicants will be held on November 8, 2006 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). The conference can be accessed by calling 1-866-662-4806 and entering access code 5488061.

* Research for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury

Access the funding announcement (CE07-010) at http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11167

The purpose of this program is to expand and advance the understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention strategies.

Approximately $1,800,000 is expected to be available.

Five to six awards will be funded.

Funding level will not exceed $300,000 (including both direct and indirect costs) per year.

Project period is up to three (3) year.

The award mechanism is a R01 grant.

Key Dates

Letters of Intent Receipt Date: November 15, 2006

Application Receipt Dates: December 15, 2006

Anticipated Start Date: September 1, 2007

Technical assistance will be available for potential applicants during one conference call. The call for eligible applicants will be held on October 30, 2006 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). The conference can be accessed by calling 1-888-399-7388 and entering access code LPATTERSON.

For more information or questions, please contact the following individuals:

CE07-009, CE07-010 CE07-002

Adele M. Childress, PhD, MSPH Scientific Program Administrator National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway, MS K-02 770-488-4233 AChildress@cdc.gov

Tamara Haegerich, PhD Behavioral Scientist National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway, MS K-60 770-488-4284 THaegerich@cdc.gov