Addressing Violence and Trauma Topical PCORI Funding Grant

Addressing Violence and Trauma Topical PCORI Funding Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Amount: Up to US $12,000,000
Last Updated: April 03, 2026

Summary

The Addressing Violence and Trauma Topical PCORI Funding is aimed at funding innovative, patient-centered research projects that focus on violence and trauma. It emphasizes intentional and unintentional trauma, such as intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury, while also addressing substance use disorder in treatment contexts. Applicants must align their research with PCORI’s National Priorities for Health to enhance patient-centered experiences and improve healthcare outcomes. This funding opportunity supports impactful research in critical areas of public health.

Overview

This Topical PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) is exclusively dedicated to funding high-quality, patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects that address violence and trauma within the following three (3) Special Areas of Emphasis only. Intentional Trauma: Projects must focus on one or more of the following populations Individuals affected by intimate partner violence. Children and youth who have experienced abuse. Older adults subjected to abuse or neglect. Unintentional Trauma: Research must specifically target Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Care models for fall prevention and fall recovery among older adults. Impaired mobility and physical function resulting from unintentional trauma. Substance Use and Trauma: Studies must compare existing strategies for pain management aimed at reducing susceptibility to substance use disorder (SUD) in the context of traumatic injury treatment. National Priorities for Health PCORI invites applications addressing patient-centered CER questions that meet the scope and intent of this PFA and align with at least 1 of 4 of PCORI’s National Priorities for Health. Applicants must address and self-designate their alignment with at least one of PCORI’s National Priorities for Health. Applicants can pursue multiple priorities in their proposed research. Applicants should designate their primary priority for PCORI to use in guiding review of the LOI and application but may also designate a secondary and tertiary National Priority for Health goal that aligns with their proposed research. The primary aim or research question will typically guide the designation of the application’s primary National Priority for Health. Selecting more than one National Priority for Health confers no competitive advantage but serves to guide appropriate review pathways for the proposed research. To be considered responsive, applicants must propose research that meets this PFA’S distinctive requirements and addresses at least one of the following National Priorities for Health: National Priority for Health related to strengthening and expanding CER focused on existing interventions and emerging innovationsNational Priority for Health related to fostering improvements in patient-centered experiences, health care and health outcomes through research supporting a health system to serve the needs and preferences of individualsNational Priority for Health related to expanding stakeholder engagement, research and dissemination to improve healthcare outcomes for all accounting for variations in disease incidence, prevalence, burden and healthcare practicesNational Priority for Health related advancing the evidence for and the practice of dissemination, implementation and health communication

Eligibility

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