This funding supports investigator-initiated research to rigorously evaluate innovative and promising approaches to prevent all forms of firearm-related injuries, deaths, violence, or crime. Projects may use existing data or collect new data and implement prevention activities. Research topics include mass shootings, defensive gun use, firearm homicides, suicides, unintentional injuries, and crime across diverse populations and settings.
Eligible applicants include state, county, city, and special district governments; tribal governments and organizations; public housing authorities; nonprofits; institutions of higher education; for-profit organizations; small businesses; and faith-based organizations.
