We are no longer accepting applications for the 2026 Spring Funding Opportunity. All applicants who submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) will be notified of their status by early August.
Stay tuned— a new funding opportunity is expected to open in Summer 2026. Subscribe to our e-newsletter to be the first to learn about future funding opportunities.
Kaiser Permanente established the Center in 2022 to scale its longstanding commitment to help communities prevent, treat, and heal from firearm-related injuries or death. The Center’s focus on violence prevention is rooted in healthcare, care delivery, and clinical interventions.
The Center is coordinated in collaboration with the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI).
Strengthening healthcare responses to firearm injury and death
The Center funds research to test and expand healthcare systems prevent, treat, and respond to firearm injuries and deaths. This approach uses the same rigor and expertise that has helped treat and prevent other leading health concerns and causes of death, such as stroke, cancer, and heart disease.
The Center supports research that seeks to:
- Identify and evaluate health system strategies to address firearm injury and death, especially in communities most impacted.
- Test clinical interventions to prevent, treat, and heal trauma caused by firearm injuries and death.
- Assess pathways to implement and scale clinical interventions for firearm injury prevention in healthcare settings.
- Improve healthcare systems’ identification and engagement of individuals at high risk of firearm injury or death.
Since its inception, the Center has awarded more than $8.5 million through 49 grants across 25 states and Washington, D.C., to advance research, capacity building, narrative change, and education.
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