Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Estimated application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Award ceiling: $400,000; estimated total program funding: $4.8 million for 3 awards
Summary: Supports rigorous evaluations of programs and policies for primary prevention of child sexual abuse and problematic sexual behavior among youth.
Key Information: Projects must address one of three priorities: digital-space prevention, digitally facilitated exploitation or trafficking, or youth-serving organizational policies.
Description
The CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) seeks investigator-initiated, gold-standard research evaluating programs and policies that prevent child sexual abuse (CSA) or problematic sexual behavior (PSB) among youth. Funded research will strengthen the evidence base for primary prevention, focusing on digital environments and organizational policies in settings serving young people.
For this opportunity, CSA means sexual victimization of a child younger than 18 perpetrated by an adult. PSB means sexual behaviors among children younger than 18 that are developmentally inappropriate and potentially harmful to those involved. This includes unintentionally harmful or inappropriate behaviors as well as behaviors intended to cause harm. The program uses cooperative agreements to support this research.
