Research Grants for Preventing Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Among Youth and Young Adults (R01) | RFA CE 26 020

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through its ERA grants platform, is offering a discretionary grant opportunity titled "Research Grants for Preventing Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Among Youth and Young Adults (R01)" (Funding Opportunity Number RFA CE 26 020; CFDA 93.136). The purpose of this funding is to support effectiveness research that tests whether innovative programs, practices, or policies can reduce interpersonal violence and/or suicide risk among youth and young adults, especially within groups that experience a disproportionately high burden of these outcomes. The emphasis is on approaches that may be promising or emerging but have not yet been rigorously evaluated for their ability to prevent violence or suicide.

A central theme of the opportunity is innovation paired with real-world impact. The CDC is looking for studies that go beyond describing problems or risk factors and instead evaluate interventions in a way that can credibly answer whether the approach works. "Innovative" in this context does not necessarily mean brand-new; it can also mean an existing strategy being applied in a new setting, delivered through a new system, adapted for a specific population, or implemented as a policy or practice change that has not previously been tested with strong evaluation methods. The initiative prioritizes analyses that examine differential effects across populations, meaning applicants are encouraged to study whether the intervention works similarly or differently for groups most impacted by interpersonal violence and suicide, and to clearly assess equity-relevant outcomes.

The research scope covers prevention of interpersonal violence and suicide among youth and young adults ages 10 through 24. The eligible topic areas explicitly include child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, suicide, and youth violence. This breadth allows proposals that focus on one form of violence or suicide, or potentially address shared risk and protective factors that cut across multiple outcomes, so long as the work is grounded in evaluating an intervention intended to prevent these harms. Projects should be designed as effectiveness studies, which generally implies testing an intervention under conditions that resemble how it would operate in typical community, school, clinical, or service settings, rather than highly controlled laboratory conditions.

The opportunity is structured as an R01-style grant, indicating support for substantial research projects with a strong scientific plan. The award ceiling is $400,000, and the CDC expects to make approximately 8 awards under this announcement. The application deadline (original closing date) is July 1, 2026, and the opportunity was created on May 29, 2026. While the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) would provide the definitive requirements, the summary notes that additional eligibility information will be included in the NOFO, meaning applicants should rely on the published NOFO for any conditions, restrictions, or clarifications that go beyond the general eligibility list provided in the posting.

Eligibility is broad and includes many organization types that commonly conduct or partner on public health research. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other/unrestricted applicants. This wide eligibility suggests the CDC is open to applications from universities, public agencies, health systems, community-based organizations, tribal entities, and private-sector partners, including projects that are implemented through partnerships across these sectors.

Overall, this grant opportunity is aimed at generating practical, decision-ready evidence about what actually reduces interpersonal violence and suicide among young people, with particular attention to communities and populations carrying the greatest burden. Competitive projects will likely be those that test a clearly defined intervention or policy, use rigorous evaluation methods to estimate effectiveness, and include analyses that illuminate for whom and under what conditions the approach works best, so that successful strategies can be scaled or adopted more confidently.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Research Grants for Preventing Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Among Youth and Young Adults (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2026-05-29.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-07-01. (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 $400,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
• 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, Unrestricted.

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