The Kaiser Permanente Center seeks to support individuals, institutions, and organizations that intend to engage or are already engaged in research on gun violence prevention.
Donor Name: Kaiser Permanente Center
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/14/2023
Size of the Grant:
- Category 1: up to $60,000
- Category 2: up to $200,000
- Category 3: up to $600,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Firearm injury and mortality is a public health crisis in the U.S. In 2022 alone, over 44,000 people lost their lives due to guns. The burden of gun violence and its impact disproportionately affects communities of color. For instance, Non-Hispanic Black Americans are 10 times more likely to die by firearm homicide than Non-Hispanic white Americans. Firearm-related injury is the leading cause of death among children and adolescents and is similarly distributed inequitably. Black children have the highest firearm death rate, compared to all other children, and this rate has risen in recent years. These inequities can be explained in part by structural racism and systemic disinvestment in the social determinants of health in communities of color. Like gun violence, firearm-related suicide is an urgent concern and, in 2022, accounted for 56% of firearm deaths. Concerningly, inequities are rising: 2022 also marks the first time the suicide rate for Black youth surpassed that of white youth.
The Center seeks to meet these needs by broadening the field of gun violence research to include more researchers and organizations that work closely with communities affected by gun violence. The Spring 2024 Funding Opportunity aims to invest in efforts that advance evidence for interventions that reduce the incidence and impact of community gun violence and firearm suicide and promote well-being and healing where it is needed most.
This funding opportunity will prioritize funding support to organizations led by or meaningfully serving communities disproportionately impacted by gun violence, with a specific emphasis on communities of color. Proposals may focus on geographic or population-based communities at the local, regional, or statewide levels.
This opportunity seeks to support individual researchers promoting equity, community-based organizations, advocacy organizations, faith-based institutions, neighborhood committees, state and local government agencies, academic institutions, hospitals including safety net institutions, and nonprofit research organizations. Proposals from applicants engaged in new or established partnerships are welcome to apply. Proposals should clearly articulate how the project is striving toward community engagement.
Priority will be given to initiatives that:
- work with communities historically excluded from conducting research activities;
- work directly within communities and/or led by individuals most impacted by gun violence;
- demonstrate how an impacted community is engaged in the leadership, design, implementation and/or evaluation of the project.
Funding Categories
- Category 1: $60,000/2 years:(or $30,000/year for 2 years)
- Goal: Build the capacity of organizations and individuals involved in gun violence prevention to engage in research activities.
- Examples of Activities Supported:
- Building community engagement research practice
- Early-stage research exploration/research plan development
- Partnership building between academic institutions and community based organizations
- Research capacity building opportunities
- Category 2: Up to $200,000/2 years (or up to $100,000/year for 2 years)
- Goal: Expand evidence based interventions, clinical care models, educational initiatives, or communications projects alongside enhanced research capabilities.
- Examples of Activities Supported:
- Building research infrastructure alongside program expansion (e.g., hire a program evaluator)
- Conducting rigorous needs, process, and/or implementation assessments
- Accelerating new or existing education/narrative change initiatives
- Category 3: Up to $600,000/3 years (or up to $200,000/year for 3 years)
- Goal: Advance publishable research that will shift and inform how the field understands and approaches gun violence prevention and intervention
- Examples of Activities Supported:
- Executing investigator initiated research and dissemination strategies
- Conducting rigorous outcome, impact, or cost effectiveness studies.
What will the funding support?
The call is open to applicants at varying stages of the research continuum, including those who seek to:
- build capacity within their communities and/or staff to conduct research
- enhance and expand existing research currently underway, including program enhancements
- conduct publishable research studies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual researchers
- Non-profit 501(c)3 organizations, including community-based organizations, academic institutions and hospitals, groups with a 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor
- Quasi-governmental organizations
- State and local government agencies within the U.S.
For more information, visit Kaiser Permanente Center.
