Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth

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The purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide support for an intensive, supervised (mentored) career development experience in violence prevention research leading to research independence. NCIPC supports K01 grants to help ensure the availability of an adequate number of trained scientists to address critical public health research questions to prevent violence and injury. Applicants must propose a research project that addresses at least one of the research priorities in the interpersonal violence prevention section of the NCIPC Research Priorities (www.cdc.gov/injury/researchpriorities/index.html) as they relate to violence impacting children or youth (from birth through age 17). These research priorities include:Adverse Childhood ExperiencesChild abuse and neglectYouth violenceIntimate partner violence (including teen dating violence)Sexual violenceCross-cutting violence preventionApplicants are also encouraged to address the following:Multiple forms of violence impacting children or youthFirearm-related behavior, crime, injuries, and deaths among children and youthThe social or structural conditions that contribute to a greater risk for violence and health inequities across population groupsHow their proposed research study has practical relevance to inform prevention and intervention activitiesApplicants should explicitly state the research priorities their application intends to address.