RESEARCH ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERVENTIONS FOR YOUTH VIOLENCE Release Date: December 17, 1999 NOTICE: OD-00-006 National Institutes of Health 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), and several NIH Institutes are 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 regular research (R01) grant applications exploring the translation of ideas from basic behavioral and social science into novel interventions for violent youth. This three year grant program seeks 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. The planned release date for the RFA is in late January 2000, with applications due in April 2000. OBSSR/NIH anticipates making available $3 million for approximately 12-16 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 ssolomon@nih.gov and letting her know of your interest. INQUIRIES Please direct general inquiries (E-mail preferred) in regard to this notice to: Susan D. Solomon, Ph.D. Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Office of the Director National Institutes of Health Federal Bldg., Rm. 8C16, MSC 9172 7550 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20892-9172 Telephone: 301-496-0979 Fax: 301-480-8905E-mail: ssolomon@nih.gov
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