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Opportunity Summary:

The Sexual Assault Prevention Research (SAPR) Competitive Grant Program (FY 2014), offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), sought research proposals to develop an empirically based intervention aimed specifically at reducing revictimization among female and male survivors of sexual abuse or sexual assault within targeted populations in the United States Air Force. In practical terms, the program focus was not simply on broad prevention messaging, but on creating and testing a research-grounded approach that could measurably lower the likelihood that people who have already experienced sexual victimization are victimized again. The central expectation was that applicants would design an intervention backed by evidence (or structured to generate evidence through rigorous evaluation), with clear relevance to the Air Force context and the needs of identified subgroups within that environment.

This opportunity was released as a discretionary competitive grant under a Cooperative Agreement funding instrument, meaning recipients would generally be expected to work collaboratively with the federal sponsor and potentially other stakeholders during project execution. The funding opportunity number was USDA NIFA COOP 004595, and it was listed under CFDA 10.200 (Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants). While NIFA is an agriculture-oriented agency, the listing indicates the work was framed within USDA's broader special research grants authority, enabling support for research with an applied, public-interest purpose beyond traditional agricultural production topics.

The total estimated funding available was $363,636, and the program did not require cost sharing or matching funds. The announcement was posted on August 6, 2014, with an application deadline of August 28, 2014, and it was later archived on September 27, 2014. These dates indicate a relatively short submission window, which typically implies that applicants needed to be prepared to move quickly with a well-developed concept, a clear work plan, and a defined evaluation strategy.

Eligibility was broad. Applications could be submitted by state agricultural experiment stations and cooperative extension services, as well as colleges and universities, other research or educational institutions or organizations, and essentially any other contractor or recipient (foreign or domestic) capable of advancing USDA research, extension, or teaching goals in the food and agricultural sciences. In effect, this allowed a wide range of academic and nonprofit research entities to apply, even if their work was primarily in public health, behavioral science, prevention science, psychology, sociology, or program evaluation, so long as they fit within the eligible organization types described and could justify alignment with the funding authority and the program purpose. The listing also notes "Others" as eligible applicants with additional clarification referenced in an eligibility text field, suggesting there may have been further detail in the full announcement about who qualified and under what conditions.

For applicants, the key deliverable implied by the description was a tested or testable intervention model designed for real-world implementation to reduce revictimization risk among sexual abuse/assault survivors in the Air Force. That typically involves several components: identifying the targeted population(s), grounding the intervention in established theory and prior evidence, designing the intervention content and delivery method, and building a strong evaluation plan to demonstrate whether the intervention works and under what circumstances. Because the goal is revictimization reduction, proposals would be expected to focus on outcomes tied to risk reduction and survivor support, rather than only awareness or general prevention education, and to handle the subject matter with appropriate ethical safeguards, confidentiality protections, and trauma-informed methods.

The announcement also provided a support contact for access issues: the NIFA Help Desk at 202-401-5048 during business hours (Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern, excluding federal holidays). It additionally referenced help for questions related to preparing application content, implying that the full notice contained further guidance on application structure, required sections, and submission requirements.

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