NIJ Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Opportunities
We have begun posting FY2023 solicitations on our current funding page and have posted a list of anticipated FY2023 funding opportunity topics.
NIJ’s Research Conference Registration has Closed
NIJ is hosting a 3-day, in-person conference from May 23-25, 2023, in Arlington, Virginia. The theme of NIJ’s National Research Conference is “evidence to action,” as our goal is to bring researchers and practitioners together to learn about the latest research evidence, and how it can be implemented to promote safety, equity, and justice.
Funding Webinar for Research and Evaluation on Jails
This webinar will give an overview of the "NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Jails solicitation." NIJ seeks rigorous research proposals to examine all aspects of jail systems, including those that address the basic operations of jails and their impact on people confined to jails, their families, their communities, and jail personnel.
Sharing Information on Opioid-Related Overdoses
NIJ funded researchers examined a protocol for responding to heroin involved deaths that aims to support a safe, coordinated, and rapid response to active drug overdose death scenes. Researchers found that, with slight modifications, the innovative and collaborative protocol, developed by the Cuyahoga County’s (Ohio) Medical Examiner’s Office, could be implemented in other communities.
Funding Webinar for Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI)
Join us for an informative webinar that will give an overview of the "NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support" solicitation.
Polyvictimization
Polyvictimization is generally defined as an experience or experiences of multiple types of violence, abuse, mistreatment, or other adversities. Polyvictimization typically refers to two or more different types of victimization — such as sexual violence and physical abuse — rather than multiple episodes of a single type of victimization.
Criminal Justice Data Archives
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data archives data on crime and justice and contains data from over 2,700 curated studies or statistical data series. The website is home to several large-scale datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey, FBI's Uniform Crime Reports and National Incident-Based Reporting System, and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods.
List of Compliant Ballistic Resistant Body Armor
NIJ certifies torso-worn ballistic resistant body armor for law enforcement that complies with the requirements our Compliance Testing Program. If you’re in the law enforcement profession, review a newly updated list of all compliant armor, searching by manufacturing company, gender, threat levels, and other factors.
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Risk Reduction through Family Therapy (RRFT) for Adolescents
The goal of this exposure-based, integrative intervention was to reduce substance use and mental health problems in adolescents who have experienced trauma.
Adolescent Substance Use Treatment
The primary goal of substance use treatment is to reduce or treat substance use among adolescents. There are several different types of treatment modalities that can be used in substance use treatment for adolescents, such as cognitive–behavioral therapy, motivational enhancement therapy, and assertive continuing care programs.
Reentry Services of Clay County (Minnesota)
This is a one-to-one mentoring program aimed at improving public safety by assisting youths who commit offenses with comprehensive reentry services following their release into the community.
The First Step Act
The First Step Act of 2018 aims to reform the federal prison system and reduce recidivism. NIJ is working to assess and develop an existing risk and needs assessment system for incarcerated individuals, and develop recommendations regarding effective evidence-based recidivism reduction programs and activities.