Pilot and Emerging Issues
Project Award
More details about the 2025 PPN Pilot and Emerging Issues Projects will be available soon.
Pediatric Disaster Science Research Training Program
Disaster scientists are essential to advance the evidence base, evaluate all stages of the disaster cycle, and implement evidence-based interventions as they relate to children and families impacted by disasters.
There is currently a paucity of investigators and research related to pediatric disaster science. The PPN is instituting a year-long curriculum for a diverse group of nationwide students who are entering the field of health services research related to pediatric disaster science.
Pediatric disaster science involves many disciplines across medicine, as well as engineering, emergency management and social science, and it is a relatively new field of investigation that demands specific skills and connections that are not consistently taught in the current academic research setting. Examples of these skills include community-based participatory research, ethical considerations of vulnerable and high-risk populations, interdisciplinary program evaluation, and accessing data related to pediatric disasters.
The Pediatric Disaster Science Research Training Program is open to fellows in their second or third year, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty with disaster science research interests. The year-long course covers a range of topics: health services research methodology, study design, program evaluation, working with large databases, grant writing and publishing in disaster science, networking with the national disaster science community, etc.
Enrollment opens July 15, 2024 – January 30, 2025.
Learn more here.
To apply, go here.
PPN Mentored Disaster Research Career Development Award
The PPN mentored Pediatric Disaster Research Career Development Award (PDRCD) program was created to assist in the development of a diverse pool of highly trained scientists who will address the Nation’s health services in addition to behavioral and clinical research needs in disaster science research as applied to children.
The overall goal of the PPN Mentored Career Development Award The objective is to provide salary and research support for a sustained period of “protected time” (2-3 years) to prepare a future cadre of well-trained scientists conducting Disaster Science Research in Pediatrics.
The program is derived to encourage clinical and health services research-oriented physicians and PhDs to develop research skills and gain experience in advanced methods and experimental approaches needed to become independent investigators conducting disaster science research. It is anticipated that up to 4 awards will be distributed. Each award will be funded at a $125,000 direct cost per year (no indirect costs allowed).
PLEASE NOTE: Awards have been granted for this cycle. Stay tuned for details on future cycles.
For information regarding the 2023-2024 cycle, click here.
Quality Improvement Writing Group (QIWG)
The Quality Improvement Writing Group Transforms Projects into Scholarly Manuscripts, Enhancing Patient Care Through Shared Successes and Challenges.
The Quality Improvement Writing Group (QIWG) offers an avenue for translating quality improvement work into scholarly works. The QIWG transforms projects into journal-ready manuscripts in 10 virtual sessions over 20 weeks. Sharing local work provides the opportunity to improve patient care at a larger scale by spreading successes and challenges, allowing for rapid cycle improvement and potentially avoiding duplication of failures.