Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA CE 17 002
The grant opportunity titled Development and Evaluation of Sports Concussion Prevention Strategies (Funding Opportunity Number RFA CE 17 002) is a discretionary federal funding program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It uses a cooperative agreement mechanism, which typically means the CDC expects to have substantial involvement during the project period (for example, coordination, technical input, or collaboration on implementation and evaluation), rather than operating as a hands-off funder.
The central goal is to strengthen concussion prevention in youth sports by supporting research that either creates and early-tests a new intervention or puts an existing intervention through a rigorous evaluation. The target population is young athletes who participate in sports programs, and the interventions are expected to be social and behavioral in nature, meaning they should focus on changing knowledge, attitudes, norms, decision-making, communication patterns, and organizational behaviors rather than, for example, purely biomedical or equipment-based solutions.
The opportunity allows projects to focus on either primary prevention or secondary prevention of sports-related concussion. Primary prevention is framed as preventing concussions before they happen, which could include strategies that reduce risky play, improve adherence to safety rules, shift coaching practices, or reshape team and league norms that encourage playing through injury. Secondary prevention is framed as reducing the impact of concussions that have already occurred, which could include improving recognition and reporting, strengthening removal-from-play behaviors, supporting return-to-learn and return-to-play practices, or changing the culture that discourages athletes from disclosing symptoms. In both cases, the emphasis is on interventions that can influence real-world behavior within youth sports settings.
A key theme of the opportunity is culture change in youth sports. The CDC is explicitly interested in using the findings from these projects to understand mechanisms for change, especially how to shift the broader environment around youth athletics. That includes addressing negative norms, beliefs, informal expectations, and even policies that may inadvertently increase concussion risk or worsen outcomes. The grant therefore encourages approaches that involve multiple stakeholders, recognizing that concussion prevention is not controlled by athletes alone. Coaches, parents, athletic trainers, league administrators, schools, medical providers, and community sports organizations can all shape whether safety guidance is adopted, whether athletes feel pressure to keep playing, and whether concussion management policies are actually followed in day-to-day practice.
Eligible applicants are broad and include many public-sector, education, nonprofit, and private entities. Specifically, eligibility covers state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. This range signals that the CDC is open to proposals from organizations that are directly embedded in youth sports systems as well as research and evaluation entities that can partner with sports programs for implementation and study.
From an award and timing standpoint, the opportunity lists an anticipated total of two awards, with an award ceiling of $550,000. Applications were originally due February 16, 2017, with a required electronic submission deadline of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. The funding activity category is Health, and the CFDA number listed is 93.136.
Overall, this opportunity is designed to build actionable evidence on what works to prevent concussions or lessen their harms in youth sports by focusing on social and behavioral interventions and on the larger systems and culture that influence athlete safety. The ideal projects under this funding announcement are likely to be those that not only design or test an intervention, but also clearly explain how it changes behaviors and norms across the youth sports ecosystem and how those changes can be measured and sustained.Apply for RFA CE 17 002
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Development and Evaluation of Sports Concussion Prevention Strategies" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 14, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 16, 2017 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 500 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $550,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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