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DATA AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUTH VIOLENCE RESEARCH

Explore various funding sources & opportunities for youth violence research. Dissertation, post-doctoral support available. Access national datasets & relevant surveys. Secure funds to advance violence prevention research.

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DATA AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUTH VIOLENCE RESEARCH

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  1. DATA AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUTH VIOLENCE RESEARCH ROBERT NASH PARKER PRESLEY CENTER UC RIVERSIDE

  2. SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH IN YOUTH VIOLENCE • EXISTS! • CAN BE OBTAINED, BUT: • COMPETATIVE • MANY SOURCES, MANY PRIORITIES • CAN NOT BE FUNDED IF YOU DO NOT APPLY • GET USED TO REJECTION!

  3. TYPES OF FUNDING • DISSERTATION SUPPORT • MOST IMPORTANT FOR OUR PURPOSES • MOST IMPORTANT FOR YOUR PURPOSES • POST DOCTORAL SUPPORT

  4. DISSERTATION SUPPORT • CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION • FOCUS ON VIOLENCE AND INJURY • FOCUS ON MINORITY COMMUNITIES • 24 PROJECTS @ 35,000 PER IN 2008 • URL: www.grants.gov: search on dissertation and sub agency CDC (2 lines)

  5. DISSERTATION SUPPORT • NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION • PROGRAMS IN SOCIOLOGY, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, POLITICAL SCIENCE; DECISION MAKING, RISK & MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS • LIMITED TO RESEARCH EXPENSES, EXCLUDES STIPEND FOR INVESTIGATOR (THAT’S YOU!!) • PERFECT FOR DATA COLLECTION (Surveys; experiments) • URLS: WWW.NSF.GOV; http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01113/nsf01113.htm

  6. DISSERTATION SUPPORT • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE • FOCUS ON CRIME AND CRIME POLICY: • POLICING; JUSTICE SYSTEMS; CORRECTIONS; COURTS; OFFENDER TREATMENT; CRIME PREVENTION; VIOLENCE AND VICTIMIZATION; ALCOHOL DRUGS & CRIME;TERRORISM; EVALUATION TECHNIQUES • DISSERTATION CHAIR SUPPORT • ?? AWARDS @25,000 PER IN 2010 (gave 23 in 2007-2009) • NEXT DEADLINE (4/2/11) • URLS: WWW.OJP.USDOJ.GOV/NIJ; http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000918.pdf

  7. DISSERTATION SUPPORT • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH • MENTAL HEALTH DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH ARENA (R36) • FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH RELATED VIOLENCE RESEARCH • UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY AS DEFINED BY YOUR UNIVERSITY/ DIABILITY/DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND (POVERTY) • 35,000 PER YEAR for 2 YEAR PROJECT, INCLUDING STIPEND FOR PI (YOU); DUE 12/??/10; 3 deadlines per year: 4/11; 8/11 • URLS: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-217.html

  8. National Institutes of Health • Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research • Any PI who has any type of grant from any NIH agency can apply for supplemental funds for pre-doctoral, dissertation, or post-doctoral support for under represented group members • Underrepresented; disabled; disadvantaged (poverty) • URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-190.html

  9. DISSERTATION SUPPORT • HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION • FOCUS ON VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION; POLICY FOCUS • 10+ AWARDS @15,000 PER YEAR IN 2008; APPLY TO SUPPORT FINAL YEAR OF DISSERTATION TO INSURE COMPLETION; DUE 2/1/11 • TO SUPPORT WRITING; DATA COLLECTION SHOULD BE COMPLETED; CAN BE COMBINED WITH OTHER FUNDING • URL: WWW.HFG.ORG/DF/PRINT.HTM

  10. POSTDOCTORAL SUPPORT • NIH: INDIVIDUAL POST DOC (F32) • NIH: SUPPLEMENTS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED POST DOCS • TIED TO EXISTING NIH GRANT • NIH: INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING GRANTS (T32) • URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-229.html

  11. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Health and Society Scholars Program • connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic and social determinants of health; and • develop, evaluate and disseminate knowledge and interventions that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health. • Post Doctoral funding, 2 year program; 89,000 per year; Columbia; UCSF/UCB; Harvard; UPENN; Michigan; Wisconsin (Bruce Link,ACE at Columbia) • http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20241

  12. NOW THAT YOUR FUNDED, WHAT TO DO? • OBVIOUSLY YOU ALREADY TOLD THE AGENCY WHAT YOU INTEND • YOU CAN COLLECT YOUR OWN DATA, BUT: • COST • PROBLEMS • ACCESS • CHANGING ADMINISTRATIONS

  13. USE A NATIONALDATA SET • USE SOME ONE ELSE'S DATA • ALREADY COLLECTED • COSTS USUALLY MINIMUM • CAN ACTUALLY GET THE DATA IN TIME TO DO THE PROJECT • ACCESS TO REPRESENTATIVE NATIONAL SAMPLES • OVER-SAMPLES OF MINORITIES

  14. WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUTH VIOLENCE? • CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveys • FBI UCR Supplemental Homicide Report • Census Data 2000: Neighborhood Change Data Base • ADDHealth Survey • Monitoring the Future Survey • NLSY

  15. CDC YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEYS • 2009 SAMPLE SIZE: 16,410 (71%) • POPULATION: IN SCHOOL, 12-18; 42 state samples • VIOLENCE INDICATORS: • WEAPONS (CARRY & THREATENED BY); IN FIGHTS & INJURIES FROM FIGHTS; HURT BY BOYFRIEND; FORCED SEX; SCHOOL VIOLENCE • SPECIAL FEATURES: OVER-SAMPLING AFRICAN AMERICANS & LATINOS • URL: WWW.CDC.GOV/HEALTHYYOUTH/YRBS/INDEX.HTM

  16. FBI SUPPLEMENTAL HOMICIDE REPORT • SAMPLE SIZE: EVERY HOMICIDE IN A CALENDAR YEAR (2008 latest available) • POPULATION: ALL HOMICIDE VICTIMS • VIOLENCE INDICATORS: • AGE (10.7% 18 or under); GENDER;RACE;ETHNICITY (VICTIM/OFFENDER-IF KNOWN); WEAPON; PRIOR RELATIONSHIP; CIRCUMSTANCE; ADDITIONAL VICTIM/OFFENDERS • URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/27650?archive=ICPSR&q=supplementary+homicide

  17. US CENSUS: NCDB • SAMPLE: ENTIRE US; LONG FROM DATA FROM 2000 CENSUS; 1970;1980;1990 • POPULATION: STATES; COUNTIES; MSA; PMSA: ALL BY CENSUS TRACKS • SPECIAL FEATURES: • SOFTWARE WITH MAPS; DBF FUNCTION; RADIUS SAMPLING; cost: $1595.00 • URL: http://www.geolytics.com/USCensus,Demographic-Changes-America-1990-2000,Products.asp

  18. ADD HEALTH LONGITUDINAL DATA • SAMPLE: 15,701 (80% of Wave 1); 2008 • POPULATION: GRADES 7-12, 1994 • VIOLENCE INDICTORS: • WEAPON USE/THREATS; GANG MEMBERSHIP; FIGHTS, VICTIM/OFFENDER; INJURIES FROM VIOLENCE • Wave 4 has GIS; Bio and Genetic data • SPECIAL FEATURES: RESTRICTED USE SAMPLE-$800.00; 100.00 for wave 4; OVER-SAMPLED AFRICAN AMERICANS; COUPLES SAMPLE; ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET ACCESS!!!! • URL: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth

  19. MONITORING THE FUTURE • SAMPLE: 3 SURVEYS, 8TH (15500 IN 150 SCHOOLS); 10TH, 16300 IN 140; 12TH, 14300 IN 133 • POPULATION: IN SCHOOL 13-18 • VIOLENCE INDICATORS: • VICTIMIZATION; WEAPONS CARRYING AND USE; FIGHTING, GANG FIGHT, HIT SUPERVISOR • SPECIAL FEATURES: • ANNUAL; TRENDS ANALYSIS, MERGE YEARS FOR RARE INCIDENTS; BEAU COUP DRUG/ALCOHOL MEASURES • URL: www.monitoringthefuture.org

  20. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) • Sample: 9000 males and females aged 12-16 in 1996; now 12 rounds (annual) have been completed (2008) • Violence Measures: gang, gun, arrests, self report crime; drug and alcohol use • Special features: Conducted by BLS—lots of job, income, work related variables • URL: http://www.bls.gov/nls/nlsy97.htm

  21. IN CONCLUSION • PERSISTENCE, PERSISTENCE, PERSISTENCE!

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