In FY2021, OBSSR, along with IC partners, publishes NOFOs to conduct research on firearm injury and mortality prevention and recommended that NIH take a comprehensive approach to studying the underlying causes and evidence-based methods of prevention of firearm injury, including crime prevention. NIH awards 10 grants in response to two funding announcements (PAR-21-191, PAR-21-192). The grant awards are consistent with a public health approach to firearm injury and mortality prevention and includes various types of projects including the evaluation of community violence intervention programs, risk and protective factors for firearm injury and mortality, and a range of types of firearm violence including suicide, youth violence, and childhood injury. See grant award details.
