Resources

 

The Gun Violence Prevention Research Roundtable works to develop helpful resources about this area of research for policymakers and their staff. Please check back here for new resources as they become available from the coalition and our partners.

 

Cost Estimate of Federal Funding for Gun Violence Research and Data Infrastructure

This report provides a rigorous analysis of what it would cost to fully federally fund a comprehensive firearm violence research and data infrastructure agenda. The report finds that fully funding this research would require $480 million over five years. 


Current U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investments

The CDC Firearm Violence Prevention provides an overview of the current investments the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are making into research to reduce injuries and deaths from firearms. This resource offers a rundown of the types of projects currently underway, as well as the research findings from completed projects, to understand this public health issue and evaluate interventions. There is also information on ongoing data surveillance projects and monthly trends of current trends in gun violence.


Current National Institutes of Health Investments

The NIH Violence Research Initiative details research opportunities that the National Institutes of Health have conducted on firearm injury and mortality prevention. The projects, funded through annual Congressional appropriations of $12.5 million, study the underlying causes and evidence-based methods of prevention of firearm injury and mortality, including crime, from a public health approach. This resource demonstrates how these critical investments have helped evolve the research field. In addition to funding innovative research projects (FY2020, FY2021, FY 2022, FY2023), NIH has also developed coordinating networks to improve evaluations and enhance the impact and generalizability of study findings. Additionally, NIH has expanded the field of qualified researchers, similar to CDC’s investments in early career researchers beginning work in this field.


2020 Gun Deaths in the U.S.

This report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions finds that 49,000 people died by gun violence in the U.S. in 2021, and that gun suicides increased 8.3 percent, the largest single-year increase in forty years. The report also notes that guns were the leading cause of death among children and teens in 2020, account for more deaths than COVID-19, car crashes, or cancers.