Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA CE 20 002
The funding opportunity titled "Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth" is a CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) mentored career development award intended to help early-career researchers build the skills, publication record, and research portfolio needed to become independent investigators in violence prevention. It uses the Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) model, meaning the award is structured around an intensive, supervised research and training experience rather than a stand-alone research project. A central requirement is that the applicant identifies an experienced mentor (and co-mentor(s) if needed) who will guide both the research plan and the applicant's professional development in a deliberate, structured way.
The program is designed specifically for new investigators who are still early in their careers within the injury and violence prevention field. To be eligible as an individual candidate under this mentored mechanism, the applicant must hold a relevant doctoral-level research or health-professional degree, including PhD, ScD, DO, DrPH, MD, or DVMD, and must have less than five years of experience as a researcher in injury and/or violence prevention. The emphasis on a limited time-in-field signals that the award is meant to expand the pipeline of specialized violence prevention scientists by helping promising researchers transition from mentored training to leading their own research programs.
The proposed research must focus on violence prevention and must do more than describe the problem. Applicants are expected to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at preventing one or more forms of violence affecting children and youth ages 0 to 17. The opportunity highlights child abuse and neglect, youth violence, teen dating violence, and sexual violence as examples of eligible focus areas, and it also allows projects that prevent intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or self-directed violence. Regardless of the specific violence type, the work must include measurement of violence outcomes such as victimization or perpetration, or it must assess key risk and protective factors that are closely tied to those outcomes. In other words, the research should generate evidence about what works (or does not work) in prevention and should produce findings that can inform real-world policy and practice.
A key technical requirement is alignment with NCIPC's stated interpersonal violence prevention research gaps, as defined in the NCIPC Research Priorities. Applicants must select and address one of these gaps, linking their research questions and intervention evaluation to priorities identified by CDC as areas where evidence is particularly needed. This requirement functions as the program's roadmap: the award supports investigator development, but it also aims to push the field forward on topics CDC views as high-impact and under-studied.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with CFDA number 93.136. The funding opportunity number is RFA-CE-20-002, and it was originally posted on December 6, 2019, with an original application deadline of March 13, 2020, and electronic submissions due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. The maximum award amount listed is $125,000, and the opportunity anticipated making approximately two awards, reflecting a competitive program with limited slots.
Eligibility for applicant organizations is broad and includes many types of entities that can serve as the institutional home for the candidate and the proposed mentored work. Eligible applicants include state, county, city, township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. In practice, this breadth means the award can be housed in universities, research institutes, public agencies, health systems, and other organizational settings, as long as the application meets CDC requirements and the candidate has the necessary mentorship and research environment.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a mentored launchpad for early-career scientists committed to preventing interpersonal violence and its impacts on children and youth. It combines a career development structure (close mentorship, supervised training, and a pathway to independence) with a clear expectation of rigorous intervention effectiveness research tied to CDC priority gaps, with the goal of producing both a stronger investigator and stronger evidence for violence prevention.Apply for RFA CE 20 002
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 06, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 13, 2020 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 500 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $125,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the title of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth."
Which agency is offering this grant?
This is a discretionary grant funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC).
What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is RFA-CE-20-002.
What is the CFDA number for this program?
The CFDA number listed for this opportunity is 93.136.
What type of award mechanism is this?
This is a mentored career development award that uses the Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) model. It is structured around an intensive, supervised research and training experience, rather than a stand-alone research project.
Who is this program intended to support?
The program is designed for new investigators who are early in their careers within the injury and violence prevention field and who need structured mentorship to build skills, a publication record, and a research portfolio to become independent investigators in violence prevention.
What does it mean that this is a "mentored" award?
A central requirement is that the applicant identifies an experienced mentor (and co-mentor(s) if needed). The mentor is expected to guide both the research plan and the applicant's professional development in a deliberate and structured way.
What degree is required for an individual candidate to be eligible?
To be eligible as an individual candidate under this mentored mechanism, the applicant must hold a relevant doctoral-level research or health-professional degree, including PhD, ScD, DO, DrPH, MD, or DVMD.
Is there a limit on how much experience an applicant can have?
Yes. The applicant must have less than five years of experience as a researcher in injury and/or violence prevention.
What age group must the proposed research focus on?
The proposed research must focus on preventing violence impacting children and youth ages 0 to 17.
What kinds of violence topics are eligible under this opportunity?
The opportunity highlights child abuse and neglect, youth violence, teen dating violence, and sexual violence as examples of eligible focus areas. It also allows projects that prevent intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or self-directed violence.
Does the research need to evaluate an intervention, or can it be descriptive?
The research must do more than describe the problem. Applicants are expected to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at preventing one or more forms of violence affecting children and youth.
What outcomes or measures does the research need to include?
The work must include measurement of violence outcomes such as victimization or perpetration, or it must assess key risk and protective factors that are closely tied to those outcomes.
What is CDC/NCIPC looking for in the research results?
The research is expected to generate evidence about what works (or does not work) in prevention and produce findings that can inform real-world policy and practice.
Does the proposal need to align with specific CDC research priorities?
Yes. A key technical requirement is alignment with NCIPC's interpersonal violence prevention research gaps as defined in the NCIPC Research Priorities. Applicants must select and address one of these gaps and link their research questions and intervention evaluation to CDC-identified priority areas where evidence is needed.
How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated making approximately two awards, indicating a competitive program with limited slots.
What is the maximum award amount?
The maximum award amount listed is $125,000.
When was the opportunity originally posted?
It was originally posted on December 6, 2019.
What was the original application deadline?
The original application deadline was March 13, 2020.
What time were electronic submissions due on the deadline date?
Electronic submissions were due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
What types of organizations are eligible to apply?
Eligibility for applicant organizations is broad. Eligible applicants include state, county, city, township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses.
Does the candidate apply as an individual or through an organization?
The opportunity describes eligibility both in terms of an individual candidate (degree and experience requirements) and an applicant organization that can serve as the institutional home for the candidate and mentored work. The organization types eligible are explicitly listed in the opportunity description.
Where can this award be housed in practice?
Based on the eligible organization types, the award can be housed in settings such as universities, research institutes, public agencies, health systems, and other eligible organizational environments, as long as CDC requirements are met and the candidate has the necessary mentorship and research environment.
What is the overall goal of the program?
The program functions as a mentored launchpad for early-career scientists committed to preventing interpersonal violence and its impacts on children and youth. It combines a career development structure (mentorship and supervised training) with a clear expectation of rigorous intervention effectiveness research tied to CDC priority gaps.
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