Opportunity ID
NIJ-2020-17328
Solicitation Status
Closed
Fiscal Year
2020
Closing Date
Posting Date
Solicitation Type
Competitive
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Description
NIJ is seeking applications for funding for research and evaluation related to the abuse, neglect and exploitation of elderly individuals. As the elderly population grows, crimes against this population are expected to increase. NIJ has identified the following three priority areas:
- Research on perpetrators of elder abuse that directly involves the offender;
- Elder abuse reporting pathways, facilitators, barriers, and outcomes; and
- Forensic research involving the development of elder abuse radiographic evidence and bioinformatic approaches for use by physicians.
Awards
Number of Awards: 2
Total Amount Awarded: $1,468,696
A Skeletal Atlas of Elder Abuse: Establishing Markers of Physical Abuse and Developing a Digital Diagnostic Tool for Education and Screening
2020-75-CX-0005
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$1,035,328
Pathways to Safety: An Examination of Federal and State-Level Barriers and Facilitators to Elder Abuse Reporting and Response
2020-75-CX-0003
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$433,368
Date Created: February 20, 2020