[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Youth Violence RFA
<html><html>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=6><b><div align="center">
Research on the Development of <br>
Interventions for Youth Violence<br>
</font></b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4>National Institutes of
Health<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica"></div>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is implementing a
trans-institute initiative aimed at the development of behavioral
interventions for youth violence. The Office of Behavioral and
Social Sciences Research, Office of the Director, NIH (OBSSR), in
conjunction with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the
National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Institute of Mental
Health, is developing a Request for Applications (RFA) to encourage
innovative research for youth violence prevention, treatment, service
delivery, and maintenance of positive behavior change. The forthcoming
RFA will solicit research grant applications exploring the translation of
ideas from basic behavioral and social science into novel interventions
for violent youth.<br>
<br>
This three year grant program will seek applications from interested
investigators to conduct timely, innovative, developmental, or
methodological behavioral research, pilot projects, or feasibility
studies that support creative, novel, high risk/high payoff youth
violence intervention research. These studies may include process
evaluation and model testing, methodology development and
validation, and piloting of an intervention prior to large scale test.
The objective is to encourage necessary initial development to provide a
basis for important future research. Investigators who wish to
adapt new methods or techniques established in other fields to study
scientific avenues in youth violence intervention research are encouraged
to apply. This RFA is not intended for large scale undertakings,
nor to support or supplement ongoing research. Instead, investigators are
encouraged to explore the feasibility of an innovative research question
or approach which may not be justifiable through extant research to
compete as a standard research project grant, and to develop a research
basis for a subsequent application through other programs. The RFA will
be an opportunity to conduct research cutting across the traditional
boundaries of responsibility of the participating NIH Institutes.<br>
<br>
The planned release date for the RFA is in late January 2000, with
applications due April14, 2000. OBSSR/NIH anticipates making
available $3 million for approximately10-12 awards in September 2000.The
announcement will be published in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts
in the usual manner. You may also be informed of the publication of the
RFA and receive subsequent information by sending an email to
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="#0000FF"><u>ssolomon@nih.gov</font></u><font face="Arial, Helvetica">
that indicates your interest.<br>
<br>
INQUIRIES<br>
<br>
Please direct general inquiries (E-mail preferred) in regard to this
notice to:<br>
<br>
Susan D. Solomon, Ph.D.<br>
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research<br>
Office of the Director<br>
National Institutes of Health<br>
Fax: 301-480-8905E-mail: ssolomon@nih.gov<br>
</font></html>
</html>