This funding opportunity supports renewal of multidisciplinary research centers dedicated to child sexual abuse (CSA), a critical public health issue. Funded activities include evaluating intervention efficacy, longitudinal studies on CSA-related chronic diseases, research on biological embedding, and enhancing CSA data infrastructure. The initiative emphasizes prevention and translational research to achieve measurable public health impact, addressing ethical and methodological challenges in CSA research.
Eligible applicants include state governments, public and private higher education institutions, federally recognized and other Native American tribal governments, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (excluding small businesses), federal agencies, U.S. territories, faith-based