Deadline: 1-Feb-22
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research proposals to rigorously evaluate prevention approaches (i.e., programs, policies, or practices) for their impact on the primary prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetrated by youth or adults.
CSA is defined here as sexual victimization during childhood (under 18 years of age), excluding sexual violence (SV) in the specific context of dating / romantic relationships (ie, teen dating violence [TDV] or intimate partner violence [IPV]). Research funded under this announcement will strengthen the evidence base for primary prevention of youth– or adult-perpetrated CSA.
Applicants must propose rigorous evaluation designs, which for the purposes of this funding opportunity can include those that utilize experimental designs (ie, randomized controlled trials) or rigorous quasi-experimental designs (eg, comparative interrupted time series design, difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, regression point displacement, stepped wedge, propensity-score matching, comparison groups).
Priorities
Applicants must propose to rigorously evaluate an approach (ie, program, policy, or practice) that has not yet been rigorously evaluated for its effectiveness in the primary prevention of youth- or adult-perpetrated CSA and that addresses one or more of the following six research priorities:
- Approaches developed for the primary prevention of youth- or adult perpetrated CSA;
- Evidence-based approaches that have empirical evidence of effectiveness in reducing other forms of violence but have not yet been tested on CSA (eg, intimate partner violence, youth violence, other forms of child abuse and neglect);
- Community- or societal-level approaches (ie, programs, policies, or practices that target characteristics of settings that increase or buffer against the risk for violence);
- Approaches focused on preventing or reducing commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) including sex trafficking as a form of CSA;
- Approaches focused on preventing technology-facilitated CSA (eg, soliciting sexual contact or receiving sexual images from minors electronically, downloading / possession of online child pornography);
- Organizational policy approaches with the potential to prevent CSA perpetration in youth-serving organizations (eg, juvenile residential care facilities, group foster care).
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $ 6,200,000
- The estimated total funding for Component A is $ 2,600,000. The estimated total funding for Component B is $ 3,600,000.
- For Component A, the maximum award amount will be $ 325,000 per award (including both direct and indirect costs) for each of the 12-month budget periods in Component A.
- For Component B, the maximum award amount will be $ 400,000 per award (including both direct and indirect costs) for each of the three 12-month budget periods in Component B.
- Total Period of Performance Length: 2 year (s)
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility Category:
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Others
- Unrestricted
- The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for CDC support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Nonprofits (Other than Institutions of Higher Education):
- Nonprofits (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Other:
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
- Foreign Organizations: a Foreign Organization is a public or private organization, whether nonprofit or for-profit, located in a country other than the United States (US) and its territories that is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located, irrespective of the citizenship of project staff or place of performance.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335614
