Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2020

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding for investigator-initiated, randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies of approaches to the challenges of policing in the United States that address the strategic priorities and objectives identified in NIJ’s Policing Strategic Research Plan, 2017-2022. Applicants are required to identify the strategic priority and relevant objective(s) that their proposal addresses on the title page of their application’s program narrative. Applications that do not address the priorities and objectives of NIJ’s Policing Strategic Research Plan 2017-2022 will not be considered for funding. Among other areas of interest, NIJ is interested in RCT studies examining the approaches that address the challenges of policing in rural communities.