OpportunityTitle: Preventing Unintentional Childhood Injuries (R21)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Institutions  &#149; You may submit an application(s) if your organization has any of the following characteristics:   &#149; Public nonprofit organizations  &#149; Private nonprofit organizations  &#149; For profit organizations  &#149; Small, minority, and women-owned businesses  &#149; Universities  &#149; Colleges  &#149; Research institutions  &#149; Hospitals  &#149; Community-based organizations  &#149; Faith-based organizations  &#149; Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments  &#149; American Indian/Alaska Native tribally designated organizations  &#149; Alaska Native health corporations  &#149; Urban Indian health organizations  &#149; Tribal epidemiology centers  &#149; State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau)  &#149; Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)  A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application.  If you are applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, you must provide a letter from the state or local government as documentation of your status.  Attach this documentation behind the first page of your application form or for electronic applications, use a PDF file and attach as &#147;Other Documents&#148; and label as appropriate.
Description: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages research that will build the scientific base for the prevention of unintentional injuries to children, 0 -19 years. It is meant to engage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines in epidemiology, community medicine, clinical pediatrics, pediatric psychology, child development, public policy, public health law, and behavioral and social sciences. This FOA addresses &#147;Healthy People 2010&#148; priority area(s) of injury and violence prevention and the NCIPC&#146;s research agenda, and is in alignment with NCIPC performance goal(s) to increase the capacity of injury prevention and control programs. It also supports CDC&#146;s performance goals of prevention research involving sustainable and transferable community-based interventions. For more information, see www.healthypeople.gov and http://www.cdc.gov/injury/ResearchAgenda/index.html. The R21 grant mechanism in intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. These studies should break new ground or extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications. Studies may be high risk high reward that may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area, or result in novel techniques, methodologies, models or applications that will impact biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research and practice.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: CDC PGO Technical Information Management
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information Management &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700
CloseDateExplanation: Letter of Intent Receipt Date: December 7, 2009    Application Submission Receipt Date:  January 8, 2010