DATA AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUTH VIOLENCE RESEARCH

ROBERT NASH PARKER

PRESLEY CENTER

UC RIVERSIDE

SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH IN YOUTH VIOLENCE

EXISTS!

CAN BE OBTAINED, BUT:COMPETATIVEMANY SOURCES, MANY PRIORITIESCAN NOT BE FUNDED IF YOU DO NOT

APPLYGET USED TO REJECTION!

TYPES OF FUNDING

DISSERTATION SUPPORTMOST IMPORTANT FOR OUR

PURPOSESMOST IMPORTANT FOR YOUR

PURPOSES

POST DOCTORAL SUPPORT

DISSERTATION SUPPORT

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIONFOCUS ON VIOLENCE AND INJURYFOCUS ON MINORITY COMMUNITIES24 PROJECTS @ 35,000 PER IN 2008URL: www.grants.gov: search on

dissertation and sub agency CDC (2 lines)

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

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

DISSERTATION SUPPORTNATIONAL 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

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

DISSERTATION SUPPORTHARRY 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

POSTDOCTORAL SUPPORT

NIH: INDIVIDUAL POST DOC (F32)NIH: SUPPLEMENTS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED POST DOCSTIED TO EXISTING NIH GRANT

NIH: INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING GRANTS (T32)URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-229.html

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

NOW THAT YOUR FUNDED, WHAT TO DO?

OBVIOUSLY YOU ALREADY TOLD THE AGENCY WHAT YOU INTEND

YOU CAN COLLECT YOUR OWN DATA, BUT:COSTPROBLEMS

ACCESSCHANGING ADMINISTRATIONS

USE A NATIONALDATA SET

USE SOME ONE ELSE'S DATAALREADY COLLECTEDCOSTS USUALLY MINIMUMCAN ACTUALLY GET THE DATA IN TIME

TO DO THE PROJECTACCESS TO REPRESENTATIVE

NATIONAL SAMPLESOVER-SAMPLES OF MINORITIES

WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUTH VIOLENCE?

CDC Youth Risk Behavior SurveysFBI UCR Supplemental Homicide ReportCensus Data 2000: Neighborhood Change Data BaseADDHealth SurveyMonitoring the Future SurveyNLSY

CDC YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEYS

2009 SAMPLE SIZE: 16,410 (71%)POPULATION: IN SCHOOL, 12-18; 42 state samplesVIOLENCE INDICATORS: WEAPONS (CARRY & THREATENED BY); IN FIGHTS &

INJURIES FROM FIGHTS; HURT BY BOYFRIEND; FORCED SEX; SCHOOL VIOLENCE

SPECIAL FEATURES: OVER-SAMPLING AFRICAN AMERICANS & LATINOSURL: WWW.CDC.GOV/HEALTHYYOUTH/YRBS/INDEX.HTM

FBI SUPPLEMENTAL HOMICIDE REPORT

SAMPLE SIZE: EVERY HOMICIDE IN A CALENDAR YEAR (2008 latest available)POPULATION: ALL HOMICIDE VICTIMSVIOLENCE 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

US CENSUS: NCDBSAMPLE: ENTIRE US; LONG FROM DATA FROM 2000 CENSUS; 1970;1980;1990POPULATION: STATES; COUNTIES; MSA; PMSA: ALL BY CENSUS TRACKSSPECIAL FEATURES: SOFTWARE WITH MAPS; DBF FUNCTION;

RADIUS SAMPLING; cost: $1595.00

URL: http://www.geolytics.com/USCensus,Demographic-Changes-America-1990-2000,Products.asp

ADD HEALTH LONGITUDINAL DATA

SAMPLE: 15,701 (80% of Wave 1); 2008POPULATION: GRADES 7-12, 1994VIOLENCE 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

MONITORING THE FUTURE

SAMPLE: 3 SURVEYS, 8TH (15500 IN 150 SCHOOLS); 10TH, 16300 IN 140; 12TH, 14300 IN 133POPULATION: IN SCHOOL 13-18VIOLENCE 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

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

IN CONCLUSION

PERSISTENCE, PERSISTENCE, PERSISTENCE!