Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA CE 25 030

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through its National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC, also known as the Injury Center), is offering a discretionary grant opportunity focused on building solid, real-world evidence about what works to prevent firearm-related violence and injuries. The grant is designed for investigator-initiated studies, meaning applicants are expected to bring forward their own research questions and proposed interventions, as long as the work centers on rigorously evaluating innovative or promising strategies intended to reduce firearm-related harm. The overall purpose is to strengthen the national evidence base so communities, schools, families, and individuals can rely on tested approaches that demonstrably improve safety and reduce firearm-related violence, injuries, deaths, and related crime.

This opportunity is broad in the types of firearm-related outcomes it covers. The CDC explicitly includes mass shooting incidents, firearm homicides and assaults, firearm suicides and other self-harm, unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and firearm-related crime. In practical terms, proposals can focus on prevention strategies targeting different settings (such as schools, neighborhoods, healthcare systems, or justice-related contexts) and different populations (for example, youth, adults at risk of suicide, or communities experiencing elevated rates of firearm violence). The key emphasis is not just describing a problem or mapping risk factors, but carefully evaluating whether a specific strategy produces measurable improvements in outcomes.

The funding mechanism is a grant under the health funding activity category, listed under CFDA number 93.136. The opportunity number is RFA CE 25 030, and it is administered by the CDC via ERA. The agency anticipates making about 10 awards under this announcement, with an award ceiling of $650,000. While the summary information provided does not detail the project period or whether the ceiling is per year or total project cost, the ceiling indicates the maximum amount an individual award is expected to reach under the program rules for this competition.

Eligibility is intentionally wide, which signals the CDC is open to applications from many types of organizations capable of carrying out strong evaluation research. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other unrestricted entities. This broad eligibility makes it possible for universities, public agencies, community-based nonprofits, tribal entities, school systems, and even private-sector research organizations to serve as the applicant, either alone or in partnership with others, depending on the proposed study design and the intervention being evaluated.

Timing details in the listing indicate the opportunity was created on 2024-08-30, with an original application closing date of 2024-12-02. Applicants would generally be expected to submit a complete application package by that deadline through the CDCs submission systems and follow the instructions referenced in the full notice, particularly the eligibility and application requirements described in Section III of the announcement.

At its core, this grant opportunity is about moving from ideas that sound promising to strategies that are proven effective through rigorous evaluation. The CDC is signaling that it wants studies that can credibly determine whether an intervention reduces firearm-related injuries, deaths, or associated violence and crime, rather than work limited to needs assessments or descriptive surveillance alone. Successful projects would ideally produce practical, transferable evidence that decision-makers can use to choose or scale strategies with demonstrated impact.

  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries" 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 2024-08-30.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-12-02. (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 $650,000.00 in funding.
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 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, Others, Unrestricted.
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