The funding announcement for Grants for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research: Youth Violence, Suicidal Behavior, Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence (CE06-004) can be accessed at www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE06-004.htm

NCIPC is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance our understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention strategies. Applications must address one of the research objectives listed in this RFA.

Approximately $1,960,000 is expected to be available.

Six to eight 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 years.

The award mechanism is a R49 grant.

Eligible organizations include public and private profit and nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, research institutions, hospitals, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, Indian tribal governments and organizations, and state and local governments.

To be eligible for this RFA, the principal investigator must have conducted violence prevention research and published the findings in a peer-reviewed journal.

Principal investigators are encouraged to submit only one grant application in response to this RFA. With few exceptions only one application per principal investigator will be funded under this announcement.

Key Dates

Letters of Intent Receipt Date: January 3, 2006

Application Receipt Dates: February 1, 2006

Peer Review Date: April, 2006

Council Review Date: June, 2006

Earliest Anticipated Start Date: September, 2006

Additional Information To Be Available Date: November 14, 2005

Technical assistance will be available for potential applicants during one conference call. The call for eligible applicants will be held on November 14, 2005 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Time). The conference can be accessed by calling 1-888-552-9483 and entering access code 34465.

Expiration Date: February 2, 2006