Injury Control Research Centers

About ICRCs

The Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) program began in 1987 and has grown considerably since its inception. In 1987, four centers were awarded approximately $500,000 per center each year for five years. By 2019, the program grew to include nine centers who were awarded approximately $833,000 per center each year for five years. Typically, ICRCs are funded for five-year cycles through an externally reviewed, competitive process.

Congress currently appropriates $9 million to CDC's ICRC program to:

• support core operations,
• conduct the research necessary to fill gaps in the evidence base for developing and evaluating new injury control interventions and improving translation of effective interventions,
• conduct training of injury control professionals, and
• undertake other programmatic activities to reduce the burden of injury.

Map of Injury Control Research Centers 2019-2024

Currently funded ICRCs

• Columbia University: Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP)
• Emory University: Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE)
• Johns Hopkins University: Center for Injury Research and Policy (JHCIRP)
• Nationwide Children's Hospital: Center for Injury Research and Policy (Nationwide CIRP)
• University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (UI IPRC)
• University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center (U-M IPC)
• University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center (UNC IPRC)
• University of Pennsylvania: Penn Injury Science Center (PISC)
• University of Washington: Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC)

Previously Funded ICRCs

• Colorado State University
• Harvard University
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• San Francisco Injury Center
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Rochester Medical Center
• West Virginia University