Research Grants and Funding Opportunities
The NCIPC extramural research program funds and
monitors research in three phases of injury control: prevention, acute care, and
rehabilitation. The program also funds research in the two major disciplines used in
injury control research: biomechanics and epidemiology. Research supported by the program
focuses on the broad-based need to control morbidity, disability, death, and costs
associated with injury.
For the purposes of the research program, injury is defined as
physical damage to an individual that takes place over a short period of time and is
caused by physical energy in the environment, by chemical agents, or by the absence of
essentials, such as oxygen. The research program classifies injuries as intentional,
unintentional, or occupational: Intentional injuries result from interpersonal, or
self-inflicted, violence and include homicide, assaults, suicide and suicide attempts,
elder and child abuse, domestic violence, and rape. Unintentional, or unintended, injuries
include those that result from such causes as motor vehicle crashes, falls, fires,
poisonings, and drownings. Occupational injuries occur at the worksite and include
unintentional as well as intentional trauma.
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