Our Work

Our work highlighting the impact of firearm violence prevention research comes at a critical moment.

After decades without dedicated federal funds for this work, Congress came together on a bipartisan basis to provide much-needed funds to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Since Fiscal Year 2020, Congress has provided $25 million annually shared evenly between CDC and NIH. These investments have funded over 60 projects, approximately 30 at each NIH and CDC.

These funds support unbiased and rigorous scientific research designed to understand the manifold ways firearm violence can cause injuries and deaths, including preventing violent crime, reducing suicide among veterans, preventing unintentional shootings by children, and promoting optimal firearm safety. These are critical resources that represent only a portion of the field’s current needs.

The $25 million annual investment is a vital start, but it still falls short of the nearly $100 million annually that a cost estimate found will be necessary over five years to fully fund the research needs. The Gun Violence Prevention Research Roundtable aims to build upon the impact of these initial investments to grow this research field and translate research project results for policymakers demonstrating the critical value of the work. You can see our most recent appropriations request letter to Congress here.