NIJ FY23 Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on School Safety
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Jails
NIJ FY23 National Study Examining Interpersonal Violence Experienced By Young Adults
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon
NIJ’s Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice Program supports rigorous research and evaluation projects examining the impact of court and other criminal justice tools, practices, and policies on the administration of justice and public safety in state, local, and tribal jurisdictions. With the 60th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), and in collaboration with DOJ’s Office for Access to Justice, NIJ’s research priority in FY2023 is public defense or indigent defense services and equitable access to justice.
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
NIJ strives to support the development of objective and independent knowledge and validated tools to reduce violence against women (VAW), promote justice for victims of crime, and enhance criminal justice responses.
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding of research and program evaluation projects that inform efforts to prevent and reduce intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and mass shootings in the United States in two categories: (1) research or evaluation of Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws, otherwise known as "Red Flag Laws" and (2) research on the sources of the firearm used in the commission of a crime and the relationship of those sources to shootings and gun-related violence.
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship
NIJ FY23 Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime
NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System
NIJ FY22 Research on Monitoring Child Maltreatment in Youth Serving Organizations
NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2022
National Science Foundation Law and Science Funding Opportunity
The Law & Science Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as well as studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts.
In fiscal year 2022, NIJ co-funded a project under this solicitation.
Learn more about the National Science Foundations Law & Science Program.
NIJ FY22 Evaluation of OJP Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Projects
NIJ seeks proposals for independent, rigorous evaluations of projects to be selected for funding under fiscal year 2022 OJP Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) solicitation.
NIJ FY22 Design, Implementation, and Testing of a National Model for Technical Violations
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for funding for rigorous research and evaluation projects from accredited academic institutions in partnership with supervising agencies to design, implement, and test parole or probation supervision models that reduce revocations for technical violations while ensuring successful re-entry and minimizing recidivism through adoption of appropriate revocation policies coupled with evidence-based services. Applicants to this solicitation must be accredited academic institutions.
NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects that examine (1) the impact of the reallocation of police resources consequent to redefining police mandates on public safety and public services; (2) implementation and sustainment of long-term organizational change in policing agencies; and (3) police recruitment, retention, and training in today’s environment.
NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to advance our understanding of intentional, interpersonal community-based violence, including firearm violence.
NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
This solicitation seeks applications for research and evaluation studies to produce practical knowledge that has the potential to improve the examination and interpretation of physical evidence in forensic science laboratories. Proposals are expected to identify the forensic science discipline(s) intended to benefit from the project.