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Expired Funding Opportunities

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NIJ FY 09 ORE Graduate Research Fellowship

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NIJ's Graduate Research Fellowship Program is an annual program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs.

NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2008

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Awards made under this funding opportunity are either made non-competitively or are the result of an administrative funding adjustment.

NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations

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Awards made under this funding opportunity are Continuation awards. These are grants or cooperative agreements that provide supplemental funds to awards made in a prior fiscal year. Typically, these awards were made initially in response to competitive solicitations. NIJ often uses continuations to fund multi-year research and development projects.

NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations

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Awards made under this funding opportunity are Continuation awards. These are grants or cooperative agreements that provide supplemental funds to awards made in a prior fiscal year. Typically, these awards were made initially in response to competitive solicitations. NIJ often uses continuations to fund multi-year research and development projects.

NIJ FY 08 Research on the Justice System Response to Sexual Violence in Corrections

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NIJ seeks applications for research and evaluation to address knowledge gaps related to prison sexual violence. NIJ is particularly interested in research and evaluation on staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct. For this solicitation, correctional staff may include, but are not limited to, employees, contractors, volunteers, or any agency representatives. The goal of this research and evaluation is to increase our understanding and advance policy and practice aimed at reducing sexual violence in correctional facilities.

NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement

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With this solicitation, NIJ is seeking proposals from States and units of local government for novel and innovative methodologies for improving the efficiency and capacity of public forensic DNA laboratories through the development and adoption of an improved laboratory process, which may involve the purchase of LIMS systems, additional equipment or robotics, an expert system, or hiring additional personnel and/or contractors to help implement the innovative process.

NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

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The goal of this solicitation is to assist eligible entities in performing DNA analysis on unidentified human remains and/or reference samples collected as part of missing persons investigations and in entering the resulting DNA profiles into the CODIS+mito database of the FBI's National DNA Index System.

NIJ FY 08 Information-Led Policing: Invited Full Proposals

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NIJ is seeking applications for funding the research, development, testing, and evaluation of information and data technologies that can be used to increase the effectiveness of State and local law enforcement agencies.

NIJ FY 08 ORE Criminal Justice Technology Research and Evaluation

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NIJ seeks evaluations of technologies designed to prevent and reduce crime and improve the functioning of the criminal justice system. NIJ is specifically interested in evaluations that determine if the application of existing or newly developed technologies works to improve outcomes. Evaluations should focus on technologies that are fully functional and readily applicable in operational settings. Additionally, outcome evaluations must have well-defined, measurable indicators of success.

NIJ FY 08 Biometrics Technologies: Invited Full Proposals

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NIJ is seeking applications for funding the development and evaluation of biometric technologies, or novel applications of biometric technologies, that will reduce crime, enhance law enforcement and corrections officers' ability to correctly identify cooperative and uncooperative individuals, and confirm the identity of individuals in the justice system.

NIJ FY 08 Geospatial Technology: Invited Full Proposals

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NIJ is seeking applications for funding to conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation activities to help address the geospatial technology needs of State and local criminal justice agencies. This includes application of new technologies to criminal justice purposes that were not developed specifically for criminal justice use.

NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program

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Certifications are due April 21, 2008, 11:59 p.m. eastern time. NOTE : The "Eligibility" section on page 4 and the "Certification Requirements" on page 14 of the solicitation have been modified. NIJ is seeking applications from States wishing to receive funding to help defray the costs associated with postconviction DNA testing of forcible rape, murder, and nonnegligent manslaughter cases 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 08 Body Armor: Invited Full Proposals

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NIJ is seeking applications for funding to develop, test, evaluate, and demonstrate technologies in the area of soft body armor (armor with an areal density of 1.1 pounds per square foot or less). Specific areas of interest include: A. Advanced ballistic-resistant materials. B. Nondestructive evaluation of soft body armor. C. Life-cycle exposure protocols and equipment for ballistic-resistant body armor. D. Advanced soft body armor designs. E. Cooling technologies for body armor wearers. F. Evaluation of armor size and gender specification performance. G.

NIJ FY 08 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals

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NIJ seeks proposals for funding of research and technology development leading to the introduction of new forensic tools for digital evidence. NIJ is specifically interested in proposals addressing the following topics: 1. Forensic tools for mobile cellular devices. 2. Data forensics in the Internet-based (Cloud Computing) environment. 3. Forensic tools for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications. 4. Forensic tools for vehicle computer systems.

NIJ FY 08 Less-Lethal Technologies: Invited Full Proposals

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NIJ seeks applications for research and development leading to the adoption into practice of safer, more effective less lethal devices by law enforcement and corrections agencies. NIJ is interested in both development of such devices and in necessary underlying research leading to such development.

NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice

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The Crime and Justice Research solicitation is NIJ's "open" solicitation for social and behavioral research and evaluation on topics relevant to State and/or local criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice. Most crime and justice topics that are relevant to policymakers and practitioners are eligible for consideration. Potential applicants are encouraged to read NIJ's targeted solicitations as they are released to determine which solicitation is most appropriate for their proposal and to get an indication of NIJ's areas of interest.

NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Fire and Arson: Invited Full Proposals

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NIJ is seeking applications for funding for research and development in fire and arson investigation for criminal justice purposes. This solicitation is aimed at improving the ability of forensic analysts and investigators to locate and identify probative evidence from fire scenes and to enhance the ability of crime laboratories to analyze fire evidence.