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The CDC has shared a fellowship opportunity as well as a program evaluation funding opportunity in their spring newsletter on preventing child sexual abuse in YSOs. Details below:

FELLOWSHIP: CDC Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Research Post-Doc (due 5/31/2021)
A research opportunity is currently available with the Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), Research Evaluation Branch (REB), within the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) at CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. Under the guidance of a mentor, the fellowship participant will be involved with research related to the primary prevention of child sexual abuse. More information about this fellowship (reference code CDC-NCIPC-2021-0125) is available here.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Rigorously Evaluating Programs and Policies to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse (due 5/10/2021)
The purpose is to solicit investigator-initiated research to rigorously evaluate approaches (programs, policies, or practices) for their impact on primary prevention of CSA perpetrated by youth or adults. CDC’s Injury Center intends to commit up to $1,200,000 in FY 2021 to fund up to three (3) applications. More information about this grant opportunity (RFA-CE-21-006) is available on Grants.gov.

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