Opportunities
2024 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms
This new prize competition, sponsored by the Greenwald Foundation, will annually recognize one or two outstanding research papers on firearm violence and injury prevention. The authors of the winning paper(s) will share a $5000 prize. And the prize will also entail covering the travel and conference registration fee costs for the presenting author of each winning paper(s). Winners will be announced at the annual meeting of the upcoming National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, which will be held in Seattle, WA in December 2024. One author of the awarded paper(s) will publicly receive the award and present their paper at the conference. Applications due July 31, 2024.
Greenwald Family Award for Firearm Violence and Injury Prevention Research Excellence
Travel Awards
The Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms will be providing travel awards of up to $1,500 for a select number of students and trainees to offset major travel costs to the 2024 conference, including economy airfare, ground transportation to and from the hotel, hotel rooms, and conference registration. For those driving, a standard per mile coverage and hotel parking will be covered as part of allowable costs.
If you are awarded a Travel Award, the Columbia University team will reach out to you directly via email to make these bookings. Travel awards will not cover flight upgrades or services, hotel incidentals (room service, tips), car rental, meals, or other expenses. Applications are due August 12, 2024.
Funding Opportunities
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health Data for Action (Data Access Award)
This grant program will support innovative research that uses the available data to answer important research questions and inform health policy. Eligible research projects can focus on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to national practice patterns in long-term care; public health surveillance and population health; rehospitalization rates; the opioid epidemic; maternal and infant health; home- and community-based services; racial and ethnic disparities; healthcare costs and utilization; prescription patterns and medication adherence; prevalence of chronic disease; trends in insurance markets; consolidation and competition; and rate comparisons. Application due August 18, 2023
National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research
2023 Extreme Risk Protection Orders: Request for Proposals
The National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research has issued a request for proposals for rigorous research, dissertation and postdoctoral projects on extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as red flag laws, in the United States. Letters of Intent Due September 5, 2023; Invited Full Proposals Due November 20, 2023
National Institutes of Health
RFA-MD-24-002 Youth Violence Prevention Interventions
The purpose of this initiative is to support research to develop and test multilevel youth violence prevention interventions for populations that experience health disparities, and which includes strategies that address structural discrimination and other social determinants of health. The target age range for this initiative is children and youth aged 10- to 24-years-old. Application Due October 2, 2023
The New York State Department of Health
Office of Gun Violence Prevention
Funding opportunity for $2,500,000 annually for two years in New York State funding for a qualified organization to support grassroots community-based organizations that create and maintain local, safe spaces for youth in neighborhoods experiencing the highest rates of gun violence across NYS. These spaces will allow youth, aged 12-24 years old, to gather and engage in tailored, culturally relevant supports, including therapeutic assistance, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) programs, arts and expression activities, recreational training, competitive activities, and organized sports.
The intent of the Gun Violence Prevention through Community-led Youth-based Programs Request for Applications is to identify one qualified applicant with the capacity, experience, and expertise to conduct fiscal, contractual, and project management responsibilities for a network of community-based organizations. The applicant conference for this Request for Applications will be held on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 2:00 PM. The deadline to register for the applicant conference is next Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 11:59 PM. Register for the conference by sending an email with the subject line "REGISTRATION: RFA#20350" to ogvp@health.ny.gov.
National Institute of Nursing Research
Funding Opportunity Announcement for Firearm Injury Prevention in Community Healthcare Settings
The purpose of this initiative is to advance research that reduces firearm injury and disparities through the development and evaluation of firearm injury primary prevention interventions leveraging community healthcare settings. Projects that include translation into routine practice are also invited. Following the public health model from the 2019 Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention, primary prevention refers to events happening prior to discharge of a firearm, such as safe firearm storage and handling, safety training, screening, community-building and investment, and programs addressing social determinants of health or unmet social needs. Prevention interventions at multiple levels are needed to address firearm morbidity and mortality due to both intentional injury (including suicide) and unintentional injury. Under this initiative, NINR is interested in novel and creative approaches to firearm injury prevention that capitalize on community healthcare settings, to identify risk factors; reduce exposure risk in individuals, families, and populations; prevent injury or reoccurrence of injury; and mitigate disparities. Due: November 7, 2023
Job Opportunities
Postdoctoral Research Scientist Position
The Department of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist with specific interest in firearm violence and injury prevention.
Eligibility: PhD, DrPH or other doctoral degree in epidemiology, education, or a public health discipline, behavioral science, population health, biostatistics, economics, or other related fields. Posted Oct 7, 2022.
Open until filled.
Calls for Papers
Gun violence epidemiology and prevention
Funding is available through Springer Nature. There is no submission deadline as this is an open-ended collection.