Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · United States

Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Approaches to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence…

Full title in the source: Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Approaches to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries

Forecast — expected to open 1 Dec 2026

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA expects to make 12 awards of up to $650,000 each, from a total budget of $13.5 million. This is a forecast: the funder has announced the opportunity but it is not open yet; posting is expected around 1 Dec 2026 and the estimated deadline is 1 Feb 2027. Eligible applicant types include independent school districts, for profit organizations other than small businesses, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities and 13 more.

Deadline: Estimated 1 Feb 2027 (not yet confirmed)
Opens: 1 Dec 2026
Grant amount: Up to $650,000 per project
Total budget: $13.5 million
Funding rate: No mandatory cost sharing stated; funding percentage not stated
Total budget: $13.5 million
Expected awards: 12
Cost sharing: Not required
Likely applicant types: Public bodies, SMEs / start-ups, Companies, Non-profits, Universities & research, Individuals From source categories or programme rules; the call decides.
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Reference: RFA-CE-27-014
Assistance listing: 93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs
Last checked: 15 Nov 2026

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About this call

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC or the Injury Center) is soliciting investigator-initiated research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative and promising approaches to prevent all forms of firearm-related injuries, deaths, violence, or crime without infringing on the rights of legal firearm owners. For this announcement such forms include: Mass shooting incidents, Defensive gun use incidents, Firearm-related homicides and assaults, Firearm-related suicides and self-harm, Unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, Firearm-related crime.

This NOFO offers Funding Option A or B to address the research objective. Applicants may submit a research proposal under either Funding Option A or B (not both).

Funding Option A will support research projects that rely on existing data to evaluate effectiveness and that do not support implementing prevention activities. These projects will be funded up to $350,000 per year (direct and indirect costs) for a period of performance up to 2 years.

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Funding Option B will support research projects that require new data collection and/or implementation of prevention activities to evaluate effectiveness. These projects will be funded up to $650,000 per year (direct and indirect costs) for a period of performance up to 3 years.

Investigations could, for example , conduct research to evaluate the effectiveness and/or test the effects of scaling up, expanding, or improving approaches: 1) To prevent mass shooting incidents, suicide/self-harm firearm injuries, firearm-related assaults and homicides, unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and firearm-related crime; 2) To study defensive gun use as a strategy for prevention of injuries, deaths, and crime 3) For different population groups (e.g., children, youth, young adults, active-duty military/veterans, rural communities, tribal populations, and those at risk of harming themselves or others, including in situations of family and intimate partner violence); 4) For different settings (e.g., rural/urban, home, school, neighborhood, community, online) that can be leveraged to prevent firearm-related injuries and crime; 5) For addressing various individual, peer/family, community and societal risk and protective factors including approaches that address the community factors that contribute to firearm-related injuries, violence, deaths, and crime.

Who can apply

Independent school districts
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
State governments
Small businesses
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Special district governments
City or township governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
County governments
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Applicant categories are a starting point. The official call decides eligibility.

Topics

Health

Timing

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm ET on the listed application due date.

How to apply

Read the full notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) linked from the official page: eligibility, cost sharing and evaluation criteria.
Make sure your organisation has an active SAM.gov registration and Unique Entity ID (UEI); registration can take several weeks.
Register with Grants.gov and set up a Workspace for this opportunity, with the right roles for your organisation.
Prepare the required forms, narrative, budget and attachments exactly as the NOFO specifies.
Submit before the deadline and keep the tracking number. Check for amendments before you submit.

From the call text

Who can apply: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Company stage: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Single applicant or consortium: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Where applicants must be based: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Where to apply: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page

Contact

Emiko Petrosky · ncipc_erpo@cdc.gov · 770-488-4399

Where these facts come from

Fact	Value	How we know	Taken from the source
Deadline	1 February 2027	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Amount per applicant	Up to $650,000	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Total budget	$13.5 million	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Funding rate	No mandatory cost sharing stated; funding percentage not stated	read from the official text	15 Nov 2026
Who can apply	Independent school districts; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; State governments; Small businesses; Native American tribal governments…	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Where to apply	Unknown — not stated in the source we hold	unknown	—

Official sources

Official call page

Facts on this page come from the funder’s official data, taken on 15 Nov 2026. The funder's own documents, including later amendments, always take precedence.