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Expired Funding Opportunities

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NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime

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NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research on metropolitan, urban, and suburban crime in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with over 2 million people. This research seeks to improve law enforcement policies and operations, municipal service delivery targeting quality-of-life issues, and overall public safety..

NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS)

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As part of a collaborative effort with the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART), NIJ seeks proposals for conducting an evaluation of the implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS). Developed by the state of Vermont, SOTIPS combines static and dynamic risk measures into an overall assessment tool to predict sexual recidivism. It was hypothesized that SOTIPS, used in conjunction with the Static-99R, would better predict sexual recidivism than either type of measure (static or dynamic) alone.

NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention FY 2010 Second Chance Act Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects

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NIJ seeks proposals for a comprehensive evaluation of up to five juvenile offender demonstration projects funded under the Second Chance Act of 2007. This solicitation seeks to award a grant to measure the processes, outcomes, costs, and impacts of the juvenile offender reentry programs that received funding in FY 2010 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and to assess the effectiveness of the Second Chance Act in reducing recidivism among juvenile offenders.

NIJ FY 12 Building and Enhancing Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships

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NIJ seeks proposals for the funding of multiple criminal justice research projects involving researcher-practitioner partnerships as well as capturing, in detail, relevant accounts of these collaborations. This solicitation specifically aims to support criminal justice research and evaluation activities that include a researcher-practitioner partnership component. Within the context of the proposed research or evaluation project, these partnerships can be new or ongoing.

NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons

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NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects to address the knowledge gaps related to trafficking in persons in the United States. NIJ is particularly interested in studies that address the under-reporting of trafficking cases at the Federal, State, and local levels of criminal justice. NIJ is also interested in evaluation studies of counter-trafficking programs and tools.

NIJ FY 12 Research on the Link Between Victimization and Offending

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NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research that enhances the knowledge of the relationship between victimization and offending, with an emphasis on criminal incidents or events. NIJ encourages applicants to submit proposals for bold, innovative approaches to enhance the understanding of processes linking criminal offending and victimization.

NIJ FY 12 Violent Victimization Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities

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NIJ seeks proposals for research on the violent victimization experiences of racial and ethnic minorities. NIJ's goal is to advance the body of research on this topic by examining the causes and correlates of differential victimization rates among these diverse populations, including demographic and socioeconomic risk factors. The research should take into account the argument that there is no single cause of violent victimization.

NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization

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NIJ seeks proposals for funding research to support Federal, State, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies in meeting the challenges posed by domestic radicalization to violence.

NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

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NIJ seeks proposals for funding to: (1) assist eligible entities in performing DNA analysis on unidentified human remains and/or reference samples to support the efforts of States and units of local government to identify missing persons, (2) enter the resulting DNA profiles into the FBI's National DNA Index System using the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) version 7.0, and (3) enter any relevant case information related to unidentified remains into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), as deemed appropriate by the submitting agency (if a case is not entered a justific

NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project

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NIJ seeks proposals to evaluate the first phase of the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project (seewww.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/grants/pdftxt/FY2012_WraparoundVictimLegalAssistance.pdf). The OVC Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Project will fund up to six demonstration sites to develop holistic models for wraparound pro bono legal assistance networks that offer the wide range of legal assistance that victims need in the wake of their victimization.

NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense

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NIJ seeks proposals for funding to examine indigent criminal defense services, policies, and practices. This includes services provided by any of the following: State-funded, county-funded, city-funded, or tribal public defender's offices; contract indigent defense lawyers; court-appointed counsel for indigent defendants; and/or, pro bono services provided by criminal defense attorneys. These services can be at the pretrial, trial, post-conviction, and/or appellate stages and involve either juvenile and/or adult defendants.

NIJ FY 12 Desistance From Crime Over the Life Course

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NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research that enhances our knowledge of the process of desistance from crime. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that demonstrate bold, innovative approaches to expanding our understanding of the processes underlying desistance from crime.

NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence

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NIJ seeks proposals for research related to childhood exposure to violence. In particular, NIJ seeks proposals that address resilience, poly-victimization, electronic aggression, or justice system responses to children identified as exposed to violence.

NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA

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NIJ seeks proposals from States and units of local government for funding to identify, review, and investigate "violent crime cold cases" that have the potential to be solved using DNA analysis, and to locate and analyze the biological evidence associated with these cases. Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances in DNA technologies have substantially increased the successful DNA analysis of aged, degraded, limited, or otherwise compromised biological evidence.

NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program

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NIJ seeks proposals from States wishing to receive funding to help defray the costs associated with postconviction DNA testing in cases that involve violent felony offenses (as defined by State law) in which actual innocence might be demonstrated. Funds may be used to review such postconviction cases, and to locate and analyze biological evidence associated with these cases.

NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data

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The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and the Office of Juvenile Justi ce and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) have entered into a partnership to request applications under this Data Resources Program (DRP) solicitation for original research using existing data available from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD ) and other public sources.

NIJ FY 12 Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions

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Correction: The correct page limit for applications submitted under this solicitation is 30. NIJ seeks proposals for research on illegal prescription drug markets to examine the utility of policies, practices, and resources available to law enforcement for major crime deterrence, prosecution, and other market intervention measures. This solicitation has two objectives: policy analysis of criminal diversion of prescription medication laws, and Prescription Drug Monitoring program optimization for law enforcement.

NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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NIJ seeks proposals for funding under the Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program, which provides awards for research on crime, violence, and other criminal justice-related topics to accredited academic universities that offer research-based doctoral degrees in disciplines relevant to NIJ's mission. The GRF program is intended to support universities that sponsor students who are in the final stages of graduate study. Awards are granted to successful applicants in the form of a grant to cover a doctoral student fellowship. Currently, the GRF fellowship is $25,000.

NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

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NIJ seeks proposals for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program, which awards grants to States and units of local government to help improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner services. Among other things, funds may be used to eliminate a backlog in the analysis of forensic evidence and to train and employ forensic laboratory personnel. State Administering Agencies may apply for both "base" (formula) and competitive funds. Units of local government may apply for competitive funds.

NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence

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NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation on specific issues related to sexual violence, stalking, and teen dating violence. The issue areas for sexual violence research are the criminal justice response to particular underserved populations, the development and testing of instruments with diverse populations, and testing of innovative interventions aimed at improving initial criminal justice responses to victims of sexual violence.

NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems

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This solicitation seeks proposals to examine topics relevant to State and/or local criminal and juvenile justice systems policy and practice. Specific focus areas under this solicitation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 include: research on District Attorneys’ pretrial diversion programs (anticipates one award of up to $1 million); a pilot study on the impact of incarceration on families (anticipates one award of up to $500,000); and research on the impact of video visitation on offender outcomes (anticipates one award of up to $350,000).

NIJ FY 12 Research on the Impact of Technology on Policing Strategies in the 21st Century

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NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research to evaluate how technology affects policing strategies at the State, local, and tribal levels and the impact that technology has on policing outcomes. In other words, policing organizations may implement new technologies within their departments for the purpose of promoting public safety, enforcing the law, and/or preventing and detecting crime. If successful, the new technology may lead to changes in policing strategies designed to enhance positive policing outcomes (e.g., improving police response time or reducing targeted crimes).

NIJ FY 12 Research on Policing

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NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research on policing to improve criminal investigative processes and promote police integrity in law enforcement agencies at the State and local levels. Effective criminal investigative practices and improved police integrity are of critical importance to ensuring trust and confidence in the police in communities throughout the United States. NIJ is interested in proposals addressing the following topics: (1) Police Investigations and (2) Police Integrity.

NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths

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NIJ seeks proposals for research to examine whether the physiologic and metabolic effects of the stress of being subdued or restrained, by any means, may explain otherwise unexplained in-custody deaths. Specifically, NIJ seeks proposals for research to: (1) clarify the fatal mechanisms that might be associated with stress resulting from being subdued or restrained, by any means and not limited to CEDs; and, if such mechanisms can be demonstrated, (2) identify post-mortem markers that can inform death investigations. View frequently asked questons related to this solicitation.