Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program: A Phased Evaluation Approach, Fiscal Year 2020
With this solicitation, NIJ requests proposals for research to evaluate the effectiveness of the Second Chance Act (SCA) grant program in improving reentry and reducing recidivism. To support this effort, NIJ will fund a phased research evaluation strategy that details and measures the implementation, processes, outcomes, costs, and impacts of the grants awarded under the SCA grant program.
Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2020
With this solicitation, NIJ, in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, seeks proposals for rigorous research projects that improve measurement of juvenile reoffending. NIJ encourages applicants to submit proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding of juvenile reoffending and aid jurisdictions and juvenile justice agencies in measuring and using juvenile reoffending data appropriately in their efforts to identify priorities, develop responses, and monitor and assess policies and programs.
Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020
Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in Criminal Justice System, Fiscal Year 2020
Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool, Fiscal Year 2020
With this funding opportunity, NIJ seeks review and revalidate on an annual basis the risk assessment tool developed in response to the First Step Act (FSA). The risk assessment tool, the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN), will be implemented and used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to predict the likelihood of general and violent recidivism for all BOP inmates.
Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Evaluation of Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2020
Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals, Fiscal Year 2020
Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2020
Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020
Research and Evaluation of Technology-Facilitated Abuse for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
With this solicitation, NIJ’s seeks proposals for research projects addressing the use of technologies such as texting, mobile applications, telecommunications networks, and social networking to bully, harass, stalk or intimidate another person, including adolescents. Examples of technology facilitated abuse include cyberstalking, sextortion, non-consensual pornography, doxing, or swatting.
Research and Evaluation of Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2020
Research into Immigration and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020
National Survey of Internet- and Technology-Facilitated Child Exploitation, FY 2019
This project will support a national study of internet- and technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation, including the development, testing, and administration of a national data collection from law enforcement agencies to produce accurate and reliable national estimates of, information about, arrests for internet- and technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation crimes.
Evaluation of Street Law Programs, FY 2019
With this solicitation, the National Institute of Justice seeks proposals to conduct a single evaluation project that measures the effectiveness of two programs administered by Street Law, Inc (Street Law). With financial support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Street Law will implement the Legal Life Skills program and the Police & Teens program over a two year period.
Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, FY 2019
The Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime solicitation is intended to support the expansion or extension of one or more ongoing/existing longitudinal research studies that focus on delinquency and crime throughout the life-course, which may include childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Applicants are encouraged to adopt a holistic approach to the study of child and adolescent development and the emergence, persistence, and desistance of delinquent and criminal offending.
Evaluation of Juvenile Corrections Executive Leadership Training, FY 2019
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding a single evaluation project to examine the implementation and effectiveness of a juvenile corrections executive leadership training. The OJJDP-funded training will assist juvenile facility superintendents and other juvenile corrections personnel in their efforts to develop and implement effective facility practices and strategies for youth in their custody.