Collaborative Announces $3.1M in New Funding for Research on Red-Flag Laws

The National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research (NCGVR) will award more than $3 million in funding for research on extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as gun violence restraining orders or red flag laws.

The funding round will be open to research on all aspects of ERPOs, including descriptive research on how such orders are used by courts, police, families, and communities; their effectiveness in reducing firearms violence; equity impacts and effects on vulnerable communities; whether recipients of these orders receive due process and fair treatment; implementation best practices; and other related research questions.

NCGVR director Andrew Morral said, “ERPOs are a relatively recent innovation, and early evidence suggests they may be helpful in reducing gun violence and suicide, but there is a lot to learn yet about when, for whom, and under what conditions they are most likely to be effective. With this new funding round NCGVR will concentrate new funding on answering questions like these.”

The Request for Proposals will be released on July 17, with letters of interest due on September 5, 2023.

Support for this round of grantmaking was provided by Arnold Ventures and marks NCGVR’s fifth major funding round.

Read the full announcement on ncgvr.org.