Review Findings Summary
Broward County Human Services Department Grants Team
REVIEW FINDINGS SUMMARY:

Grant Title:Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence –Related Injury
 
Funder's NOFA:http://www.cdc.gov/
 
Agency Name:US Dept of Health/Human Svcs
 
Grant Type:Discretionary
 
Total Amount:Expected Number of Awards: 5; Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000; Award Ceiling: $400,000; Award Floor: $0
 
Solicitation Date:10/27/2009
 
Due Date:1/22/2010
 
Eligibility:Public nonprofit organizations; private nonprofit organizations; for profit organizations; small, minority, and women-owned businesses; universities; colleges; research institutions; hospitals; community-based organizations; faith-based organizations; federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribally designated organizations; urban Indian health organizations; state and local governments
 
Purpose:To support research that will do the following: (1)Build the scientific base for the prevention of violence by helping to expand and advance our understanding of the etiology and primary prevention of interpersonal and self-directed violence; (2) Encourage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines of epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, medicine, biostatistics, public health, health economics, law, and criminal justice, to perform research in order to prevent violence more effectively; (3)Encourage investigators to propose research that involves the development and testing of primary prevention strategies as well as research on methods to enhance the adoption and maintenance of effective strategies among individuals, organizations, or communities.
Preliminary Review Comments:
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: December 18, 2009

For more information contact:
Nicole Franza, SGRS, 954-357-5595 or nfranza@broward.org