Injury Center Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)

Initial Fiscal Year: 2004
Program: ERPO
FOA Number: CE04-049
FOA Title: Grants for Dissertation Awards for Doctoral Candidates for Violence-Related and Unintentional Injury

Purpose

The purposes of the program are to:
1. Solicit research applications that address the priorities reflected under the "Research Objectives."
2. Build the scientific base for the prevention and control of injuries, disabilities, and deaths disproportionately experienced in minority communities.
3. Encourage doctoral candidates from a wide spectrum of disciplines, including epidemiology, medicine, biostatistics, public health, law and criminal justice, behavioral, and social sciences to perform research in order to prevent and control injuries more effectively.
4. Assist students in the completion of their dissertation research on a violence-related or unintentional injury topic.
5. Encourage investigators to build research careers related to the prevention of violence-related or unintentional injuries, disabilities, and deaths in minority communities.

Awarded Projects

Project Title: Race, Social Networks, and Bullying
Grant Number: 1-R49-CE000410-01
Project Period: 8/01/04–7/31/05

Project Title: Mechanics of Head Impact in Infants
Grant Number: 1-R49-CE000411-01
Project Period: 8/01/04–7/31/05

Project Title: Risk for Violence and Injury in Rural African-American Youth
Grant Number: 1-R49-CE000413-01
Project Period: 8/01/04–7/31/05