The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research, development, and evaluation agency of the Department of Justice, is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. The following are grant solicitations for which faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply:

• Research and Development in the Forensic Analysis of Fire and Arson Evidence (Deadline: 11/13/06)
• NIJ FY07 Geospatial Technology (Deadline: 11/13/06)
• NIJ FY07 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery Technology (Deadline: 11/16/06)
• NIJ FY07 Less Lethal Technologies (Deadline: 11/20/06)
• NIJ FY07 Research and Development on Impression Evidence (Deadline: 11/20/06)
• NIJ FY07 Information-Led Policing Research, Technology Development, Testing, and Evaluation (Deadline: 11/24/06)
• NIJ FY07 Graduate Research Fellowship 2007 (Deadline: 11/28/07)
• NIJ FY07 Social Science Research on Terrorism (Deadline: 1/16/07)
• NIJ FY06 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program 2007 (Deadline: 2/01/07)

If you have questions regarding any of these opportunities, please contact the program manager listed in the solicitation.

To see a list of open grant and contract solicitations, please visit www.grants.gov (grants), www.fedbizopps.gov (contracts), or click here.

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Task Force for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
US Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20530<
Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/fbci
Telephone: (202) 514-2987
E-Mail: FBCI@usdoj.gov

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