About the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention

The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention works with communities and leverages the research might of the University of Michigan, the nation’s largest public research university, to address the causes of and find solutions for important issues surrounding firearm violence.

Our Archive

The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention (IFIP) Data Repository is a topical research data archive. Located at one of the world’s largest repositories for social science data, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, the IFIP Data Repository supports research to prevent firearm fatalities and injuries by:

  • Making it easier to find and use data
  • Providing a place for researchers to deposit datasets pertaining to firearm violence and injury
  • Creating an environment to access sensitive data
  • Promoting the identification of data gaps relating to firearm violence and injury
  • Expanding access to data
  • Providing long-term storage and preservation services for data

What Do We Collect?

  • Data from research studies related to the subject of firearms
  • Administrative data related to firearms
  • Links to administrative (and other data resources) not hosted at ICPSR but that are relevant to firearms research
  • Data not directly related to firearms research but include one (or more) variables related to firearm injuries, ownership, or attitudes

What Makes the Repository Unique?

For decades, U.S. federal policy limited research examining the causes of firearm-related injuries and fatalities. The decentralized nature of the U.S. statistical system also means that information about crime and public health remains fragmented. The IFIP Data Repository aggregates already-collected datasets to help researchers answer questions.

Aside from collecting and processing firearm-related data, we connect researchers to data from other topical domains.