OUR MISSION

to initiate, promote and/or coordinate (national research) prevention programs and activities aimed at reducing the incidence and severity of trauma... [more]

Grants

To further its mission of raising public awareness of trauma and supporting injury prevention programs, the NC ATS offers grants to support well-designed projects that will impact local communities. Grants may not be awarded every year, and grant applications must follow the prescribed guidelines of the NC ATS.

 

The 2023 grant cycle is now open:

  • application, PDF
  • grant requirements, PDF

 

 

2022 Grant Recipients

 

  • Granite Quarry Fire Department – Rebuilding the Safety & Injury Prevention Network
  • Rowan County School Resource (SRO) Foundation – Summer Safety Camps
  • Salisbury Fire Department/Fire Marshal's Office – Fire Extinguisher Training & Education
  • Lumberton Rescue & EMS – Community Training to Control Bleeding

 

Previous Grant Recipients

 

2021

  • Home Safety Toolkit – WFU Baptist Medical Center/Brenner Children's Hospital

 

2020

  • Reducing Pediatric Falls in the Home – UNC Trauma Program
  • Lighting the Way – Charlotte Mecklenburg Safe Communities
  • Stop the Bleed in Our Schools – Morehead City Fire-EMS  

 

2019

  • Youth Violence Prevention Summit – Atrium Health  

 

2018

  • Durham Fall Prevention Expo – Duke Trauma Center
  • Walk It, Ride It, Learn It! (bicycle safety) – Safe Kids Charlotte Mecklenburg  

 

2017

  • Implementation of Stop the Bleed – Novant Presbyterian Medical Center 

 

2016

  • SPLASH Makes Waves with Swim Safety – Nash Healthcare Systems
  • Kids Home Safety Toolkits – Wake Forest Baptist Health 

 

2015

  • SwimSafe – Safe Kids Wake County & WakeMed
  • Safety Grab Bars – Wake Forest Baptist Health 

 

2014

  • Traveling Injury Prevention Kits – Safe Kids Wake County & WakeMed
  • Concussion Injury in Sports & Play Interactive Display – Wake Forest Baptist Health
  • UNC Tar Heal Before the Injury Cart  – UNC Hospitals 

 

2013

  • Safe Teen Driving – Safe Communities Coalition of Pitt County
  • Parents take Charge! – Carolinas Healthcare Foundation

 

2012

  • Save the Rivers (Prescription Medication Collection) – Stokes Emergency Services

  • Home Oxygen Safety – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

 

2011 

  • Kids Safety Camp – McDowell County EMS
  • Child Restraint Education Display – Wake Forest University CIREN Center 

 

2010

  • Kids Safety Camp – McDowell County EMS
  • A Tale of Sir Dragon (Bullying Prevention) – Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention
  • The Prevention of Distracted Driving – Safe Communities Coalition of Pitt County, Inc.
  • Strengthening Ties Among Injury & Violence Prevention Partners in NC – North Carolina Public Health Foundation