Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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Monday, February 18, 2013

OVW Campus Based Program

The Office on Violence Against Women is seeking applications for its Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking on Campus program.  The Campus Program encourages a coordinated community approach that enhance victim safety and assistance, and supports efforts to hold offenders accountable.  

Amount: $300,000 across 3 years

Due date: March 28, 2013

For more information, click here.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

NIJ Funding for Research Pertaining to Violence Against Women

The National Institute of Justice seeks applications 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.

Amount: Varies

Date due: April 22, 2013

For more information, click here.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Research on Firearms and Violence

The National Institute of Justice seeks applications 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.

Amount: $500,000

Date due: May 2, 2013

For more information, click here.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

NIJ Applied Technology & Research Projects

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals for applied technology research and development projects leading to the introduction into practice of improved technologies for use by law enforcement, courts, and corrections agencies. NIJ is particularly interested in (1) the application of expert systems technologies to enhance the performance of non-expert practitioners and (2) improved devices to locate and track offenders that are under supervision in the community. NIJ will also entertain proposals for applied technology research and development to meet other demonstrated, high-priority needs of law enforcement, courts, and corrections agencies.

Amount: $500,000

Date due: April 25, 2013

For more information, click here.



Friday, May 11, 2012

2012 Visiting Fellows: Criminal Justice Statistics Programs

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for one or more BJS Visiting Fellows to work in its Criminal Justice Statistics Programs with existing BJS data. The overall purpose of this program is to support the scholarly use of BJS data collections, expand the body of policy-relevant research that uses these data, and enhance or inform BJS statistical programs.Under section 302 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, BJS is authorized to “make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, private organizations, or private individuals” for purposes of collecting and analyzing criminal justice statistics. 

Amount: $150,000

Date due: June 25, 2012

For more information, click here.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Research & Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence

NIJ is seeking multidisciplinary research and evaluation proposals related to childhood exposure to violence. In particular, NIJ seeks applications that address resilience, polyvictimization, Internet harassment/electronic aggression, or justice system responses to children identified as being exposed to violence. For the purposes of this solicitation, “Children Exposed to Violence (CEV)” encompasses a broad area that includes children as both direct victims and as bystanders or observers of various forms of violence in the home, school, or the community, including (but not limited to) peer victimization/bullying/harassment, child maltreatment, domestic violence, and community violence. This solicitation excludes exposure to media violence (e.g., television, movies, music, and video games).

Amount: $250,000

Date due: May 22, 2012

For more information, click here.