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.Apply for RFA CE 25 030
- 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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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this CDC funding opportunity about?
This discretionary grant opportunity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC, the Injury Center), supports investigator-initiated studies that build solid, real-world evidence about what works to prevent firearm-related violence and injuries. The emphasis is on rigorously evaluating innovative or promising strategies intended to reduce firearm-related harm.
2) What is the main purpose of the program?
The 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.
3) What does "investigator-initiated" mean in this announcement?
Investigator-initiated means applicants are expected to propose their own research questions and the intervention or strategy they want to evaluate, as long as the proposed work centers on rigorous evaluation of strategies intended to reduce firearm-related harm.
4) What kinds of firearm-related outcomes can a project address?
The opportunity is broad and explicitly includes mass shooting incidents, firearm homicides and assaults, firearm suicides and other self-harm, unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and firearm-related crime.
5) Are projects limited to any specific setting?
No. Proposals may target different settings, including (as examples named in the summary) schools, neighborhoods, healthcare systems, or justice-related contexts. The key is that the project evaluates a specific prevention strategy and measures outcomes.
6) Are projects limited to any specific population?
No. Projects may focus on different populations, such as youth, adults at risk of suicide, or communities experiencing elevated rates of firearm violence, provided the work is centered on evaluating a strategy intended to reduce firearm-related harm.
7) Does the CDC want descriptive studies or risk-factor mapping?
The summary signals that the CDC is not primarily looking for projects limited to describing the problem or mapping risk factors. The focus is on carefully evaluating whether a specific strategy produces measurable improvements in firearm-related outcomes.
8) What is meant by "rigorous evaluation" in this context?
Based on the summary, rigorous evaluation means designing a study that can credibly determine whether an intervention reduces firearm-related injuries, deaths, or associated violence and crime, and can show measurable improvements attributable to the strategy being tested.
9) What types of interventions or strategies are expected?
The announcement is open to innovative or promising strategies intended to reduce firearm-related harm. Applicants are expected to propose the specific intervention(s) to be evaluated, rather than selecting from a pre-set list in the summary provided.
10) What agency and CDC center are administering this opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by the CDC and administered through the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), also known as the Injury Center.
11) What is the opportunity number?
The opportunity number is RFA CE 25 030.
12) What is the CFDA number associated with this grant?
The listing identifies CFDA number 93.136.
13) What is the funding mechanism and activity category?
The funding mechanism is a grant, and it is listed under the health funding activity category.
14) Approximately how many awards does the CDC anticipate making?
The CDC anticipates making about 10 awards under this announcement.
15) What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is $650,000, described as the maximum amount an individual award is expected to reach under the program rules for this competition.
16) Is the $650,000 ceiling per year or for the entire project period?
The summary information provided does not specify whether the $650,000 ceiling is per year or the total project cost across the full project period.
17) Is the project period or duration specified in the summary?
No. The summary provided does not detail the project period.
18) How broad is eligibility for applicants?
Eligibility is intentionally wide and includes many types of organizations that can carry out strong evaluation research. The summary indicates CDC is open to applications from governments, schools, higher education, tribal entities, housing authorities, nonprofits, and for-profit entities (including small businesses), among others.
19) Which government entities are eligible to apply?
Eligible government applicants listed include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and independent school districts.
20) Are colleges and universities eligible?
Yes. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education.
21) Are tribal governments and tribal organizations eligible?
Yes. Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations.
22) Are housing authorities eligible?
Yes. The summary lists public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities as eligible applicants.
23) Are nonprofit organizations eligible?
Yes. Eligible applicants include nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those nonprofit categories, as stated in the eligibility list).
24) Are for-profit organizations eligible?
Yes. Eligible applicants include for-profit organizations other than small businesses, as well as small businesses.
25) Can an organization apply alone or with partners?
The summary notes that many entity types can serve as the applicant either alone or in partnership with others, depending on the proposed study design and the intervention being evaluated.
26) When was this opportunity created?
The listing indicates the opportunity was created on 2024-08-30.
27) What was the original application closing date?
The original application closing date indicated in the listing is 2024-12-02.
28) How are applications submitted?
The opportunity is administered by the CDC via ERA, and applicants would generally be expected to submit a complete application package through the CDC submission systems by the deadline, following the instructions referenced in the full notice.
29) Where in the full notice should applicants look for detailed eligibility and application requirements?
The summary references Section III of the announcement for eligibility and application requirements.
30) What kinds of project results is the CDC trying to generate?
The CDC is signaling it wants studies that produce practical, transferable evidence that decision-makers can use to choose or scale strategies with demonstrated impact on reducing firearm-related injuries, deaths, violence, and related crime.
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