With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for rigorous youth mentoring research and evaluation projects to address one or more of the following priority areas: (1) increasing the capacity for achieving broad, population-level impacts; (2) understanding how mentoring can advance change mechanisms promoting positive youth development; (3) examining program participation long-term effects; and (4) optimizing program effectiveness through iterative cycles of development paired with rigorous evaluation feedback.
Awards
Number of Awards: 3
Total Amount Awarded: $1,159,270
Exploring mentor practices using data from OJJDP’s Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program
How Do “Credible Messenger” Mentors Promote Youth Development? A Retrospective, Longitudinal Study in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Houston
Positioning Mentors as Social Capital Builders
FAQs
FAQ regarding the definition of "youth" added.
NIJ has extended the Grants.gov deadline to April 20, 2022.
FAQs related to Co-PIs and new investigator/ early career opportunity added.
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