Firearm Injury Prevention in Community Healthcare Settings (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA NR 24 001

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Firearm Injury Prevention in Community Healthcare Settings (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-NR-24-001) focused on advancing research that can meaningfully reduce firearm injuries and address related disparities. The central aim is to develop and evaluate primary prevention interventions that are delivered through, or strongly connected to, community healthcare settings. In practice, this points to research that uses places like community clinics, primary care practices, federally qualified health centers, school-linked health services, and other community-facing healthcare environments as platforms to prevent firearm-related harm before it occurs, especially in populations and communities experiencing unequal burdens of injury.

The funding mechanism is an R01 research project grant, and clinical trials are optional, meaning applicants may propose studies that include a clinical trial component if it is appropriate to the intervention being tested, but they are not required to do so. The program falls under the broad activity areas of education and health and is associated with CFDA numbers 93.313 and 93.361. The opportunity was created on September 1, 2023, and the original application closing date was July 26, 2024. The listed award ceiling is $500,000, signaling that proposed budgets are expected to stay within that upper limit (though the specific budget structure and whether that ceiling is per year or total would normally be clarified in the full announcement text). The notice also indicates “Expected Awards:” but does not provide a number in the source data you supplied.

A key feature of this opportunity is the emphasis on prevention interventions that leverage routine points of contact in community healthcare. That framing supports projects that might integrate screening, counseling, safety planning, referral pathways, or community partnerships into healthcare workflows, as well as implementation strategies that help interventions fit real-world settings. The stated goal of reducing disparities is also important: NIH is signaling interest not only in overall reductions in firearm injury, but also in narrowing inequities across groups defined by factors such as geography, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic conditions, or other structural and social determinants of health. In other words, applicants would be expected to think carefully about who is most affected, how community healthcare settings can reach them, and how an intervention can be designed and evaluated in a way that is both effective and equitable.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (so long as they are not institutions of higher education in that nonprofit category); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The opportunity explicitly calls out additional eligible applicants such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, and eligible federal agencies, as well as U.S. territories or possessions. This mix suggests NIH is encouraging applications from institutions and community-rooted organizations that are positioned to conduct research in the settings and populations where prevention efforts can have practical impact.

The opportunity also includes specific rules regarding non-U.S. participation. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply as the applicant organization, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply. At the same time, “foreign components,” as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed, which typically means a U.S.-based applicant may include certain types of substantive project activities occurring outside the U.S. if they meet NIH’s definition and are appropriately justified and documented. The practical takeaway is that the applicant organization must be domestic and eligible, but the project may include a foreign component in limited, policy-defined circumstances.

Overall, this R01 opportunity is designed for teams that can combine rigorous research methods with real-world community healthcare delivery, producing evidence on what works to prevent firearm injury and how to implement those approaches in ways that reduce inequities. It is positioned to support intervention development and evaluation, potentially including pragmatic or implementation-focused work, as long as the project remains grounded in primary prevention and leverages community healthcare settings as a central mechanism for reaching people and reducing risk.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Firearm Injury Prevention in Community Healthcare Settings (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.313, 93.361.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-09-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-26. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: 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 that do not have a 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.

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