Current Funding Opportunities
NIJ is accepting applications for the following funding opportunities. Funding opportunities are presented in order of application deadline with the opportunity with the nearest deadline first.
Posted: January 3, 2013
Application Deadline: April 1, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
Posted: January 3, 2013
Application Deadline: April 1, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
Posted: February 8, 2013
Application Deadline: April 9, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals to host the Small, Rural, Tribal, and Border (SRTB) Regional Center within the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) System. Small, rural, tribal and border agencies represent a particularly underserved community with unique needs. In this solicitation, NIJ seeks innovative solutions to offer a more sustainable, efficient, and effective way to provide them access to relevant technology-related information and resources as well as to identify their unique, unmet technology needs. NIJ is particularly interested in exploring potential solutions that engage academic institutions in innovative ways with agencies in this underserved community to apply research to addressing their technology-related needs. NIJ is also interested in the degree to which it is leveraging related work with small, rural, tribal and border criminal justice agencies and the degree to which the applicant is already engaged with those agencies. The SRTB is currently hosted by the Center for Rural Development, Inc., with funding provided through a cooperative agreement (2009-IJ-CX-K019) awarded by NIJ. The total period of an award, including one that receives a project period extension, ordinarily will not exceed 3 years.
Posted: February 5, 2013
Application Deadline: April 22, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation related to violence against women in the areas of teen dating violence, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence. Research proposed may be focused at the Federal, State, local, tribal, juvenile justice policy and/or practice level.
Posted: February 5, 2013
Application Deadline: April 22, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals for research related to teen dating violence (also known as adolescent relationship abuse). In particular, NIJ seeks proposals that support postdoctoral fellows to analyze existing data or collect new data on teen dating violence in understudied populations. Research proposed may be focused at the Federal, State, local, tribal, juvenile justice policy and practice levels.
Posted: January 22, 2013
Application Deadline: April 22, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
Posted: January 25, 2013
Application Deadline: April 25, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals for research and development leading to the introduction into practice of needed technologies to enhance the ability of criminal justice agencies to use social media as "Web 3.0" continues to develop and mature.
Posted: January 25, 2013
Application Deadline: April 25, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
Posted: January 25, 2013
Application Deadline: April 25, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
Posted: January 25, 2013
Application Deadline: April 25, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals to help inform development of NIJ's technology research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) investments. Many different considerations shape the goals and objectives of NIJ's technology RDT&E programs. The most important are the technology needs of the criminal justice practitioner. This solicitation seeks applications to assist NIJ in identifying and assessing the highest priority technology needs of law enforcement, courts, and corrections agencies and potential solutions to those needs.
Posted: January 25, 2013
Application Deadline: April 25, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research on differences in safety equipment modalities; that is, policies and practices among correctional agencies regarding what safety equipment staff may use, when and how it may be used, and how those modalities affect officers' physical safety. For the purpose of this solicitation, safety equipment is defined as equipment used by correctional officers to protect them from assaults and to reduce injuries.
Posted: January 25, 2013
Application Deadline: April 25, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
Posted: January 30, 2013
Application Deadline: April 26, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals for research that will explore the impact of the current state of social media technology on police practices and outcomes. Although social media technology is now ubiquitous in our society and particularly within law enforcement agencies, it is unclear how this technology is being used by departments, both officially and unofficially, and how this use has translated into public safety outcomes.
Posted: January 30, 2013
Application Deadline: April 26, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals for research on the impact that probation/parole officer home visits have on offender outcomes, specifically what practices agencies are using, what offender outcomes can be attributed to these practices, and what dosage is needed to achieve these outcomes.
Posted: January 30, 2013
Application Deadline: April 26, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals for social and behavioral science research on, and evaluations related to, justice systems topics relevant to State, local, tribal, or Federal criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice. Application titles should clearly indicate the justice systems focus area selected. Most justice systems topics, including but not limited to general policing, corrections (institutional, community, and offender reentry), and courts (prosecution, defense including indigent, adjudication, and sentencing) that are relevant to policymakers and practitioners are eligible for consideration.
Posted: January 30, 2013
Application Deadline: April 26, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research on policing to promote officer safety and wellness, understand the impact of police technology on crime control and disorder, promote police integrity, and explore the costs and benefits of the consolidation of police agencies at the State, local, and tribal levels. Effective practices in these areas are of critical importance to improving law enforcement operations and ensuring trust and confidence in the police in communities throughout the country.
Posted: February 1, 2013
Application Deadline: May 2, 2013 12:00 AM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals for research on firearms and violence such as, but not limited to, the effects of criminal justice interventions on reducing gun violence, improving data systems for studying gun violence, illicit gun markets, and the effects of firearm policies and legislation on public safety.
Posted: February 8, 2013
Application Deadline: May 9, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research that enhances knowledge of the process of desistance from crime. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for bold, innovative approaches to enhancing understanding of the processes underlying desistance from crime.
Posted: February 14, 2013
Application Deadline: May 15, 2013 11:59 PM eastern time.
NIJ seeks proposals for social science research on forensic science. Some of the forensic disciplines, particularly in the area of DNA, have experienced numerous advances over the last decade. NIJ is interested in stimulating research to examine the impact of these forensic advances on the criminal justice system and changes in policies to adapt to the greater use of forensic evidence. NIJ has identified several areas of interest for this solicitation, including issues related to sexual assault medical forensic examinations, familial DNA searching, and research on the rate of wrongful convictions. Research proposed under this solicitation should have direct implications for policy and/or practice in the criminal justice system, and these implications should be clearly stated in the application.