Current Funding Opportunities
Expanding Gun Violence Prevention Research with EveryShot
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund is pleased to announce a brand new Request for Proposals (RFP): Expanding Gun Violence Prevention Research with EveryShot. This RFP will fund three seed research grants (up to $20,000 each, 12 months in duration) that use EveryShot, Everytown’s near real-time, AI-powered gun violence dataset, to advance gun violence prevention research. We are seeking proposals in the following areas: Policy analysis Dataset validation Gun violence news coverage & text analysis Other innovative applications Eligible applicants include academic institutions, research organizations, think tanks, and nonprofits that are established 501(c)(3) organizations with demonstrated research capacity. Early-career researchers are encouraged to apply. Key ...
Past Funding Opportunities
PISC x CHERISH Opioid Pilot Grant 2023
The Penn Injury Science Center is happy to team up with CHERISH (Center for Health Economics for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders, HCV, and HIV) on a co-sponsored pilot grant focusing on opioid use disorders. The Letter of Intent is due January 27, 2023. If you choose to submit a LOI/proposal, please clearly identify yourself as a PISC Scholar or Trainee. Details and forms to apply can be found here ...
PISC Exploratory Grant 2022
The Penn Injury Science Center (PISC) invites yearly proposals for our CDC-funded Exploratory Grants Program and typically funds one project per year around $15,000-20,000 in direct costs, though available funding may vary from year to year. The purpose of this program is to support Penn faculty in conducting a rigorous study to serve as the basis to seek long-term extramural funding to grow their area of science. The PI or all MPIs must be a member of the standing or research faculty of Penn. Exploratory projects are expected to support the mission of PISC - which is to reduce injuries ...
PISC Pilot Grants 2021
The Penn Injury Science Center (PISC) typically provides funding for (2) pilot grants proposals annually, for projects up to $10,000 each, though available funding may vary from year to year. Pilot projects are expected to support PISC’s mission to reduce injuries and violence and their sequelae through the highest caliber science. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate a rigorous approach to solve an important scientific problem in injury science and that contributes to building their research program. We accept applications using a Principal Investigator (PI) or multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) mechanism. See the 2021 call for applications ...