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Anticipated in FY 2025
Review Anticipated NIJ Research Interests in Fiscal Year 2025.
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Research Assistantship Program, Academic Year 2025-2026
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The NIJ Research Assistantship Program (RAP) offers highly qualified doctoral students the opportunity to bring their expertise to NIJ to work across offices and program areas to obtain a practical and applied research experience. The RAP is a research focused professional development opportunity for doctoral students. We welcome students from all academic disciplines to apply who wish to connect their research to the criminal justice...
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices
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This funding opportunity seeks rigorous, applied evaluative research on: (1) police conduct and police-community interactions; (2) officer safety, health, and wellness; (3) criminal investigations; and (4) alternative traffic enforcement models. NIJ also welcomes investigator-initiated proposals in other policing topics.
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics
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This funding opportunity seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects to inform policy and practice in the field of youth justice in the following four topics:
1. Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice System Prosecution
2. Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Defense Delivery Systems
3. Evaluation of Youth Reentry Practices
4. Resubmissions of Youth Justice Reinvestment Studies
NIJ FY25 Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
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This funding opportunity seeks to fund applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects in four topical areas: (1) evaluation of programs that seek to prevent, intervene in, or respond to the abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of older adults; (2) research on financial fraud against older adults, including knowledge building around scam prevention messaging; (3) research on formal and informal caregivers who abuse (either financially...
NIJ FY25 Social Science Research and Evaluation on Forensic Science Systems Funding Opportunity
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This funding opportunity seeks proposals for rigorous applied social science research and evaluative studies on the forensic science system. The field of forensic science is changing, particularly as technological advancements improve the criminal justice system’s ability to use forensic evidence more effectively and efficiently. Research is needed to better understand the impact of forensic science on the criminal justice system
NIJ FY25 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research and Evaluation
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This funding opportunity seeks applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects that advance understanding of OJP Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiatives (CVIPI). The CVIPI program provides resources to support evidence-informed violence intervention and prevention programs in communities across the United States.
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes
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This funding opportunity seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects to inform policy and practice to prevent and combat hate crimes and their effects under two categories: (1) preventing and addressing hate crimes; and (2) school-based hate crimes. Under the first category, preventing and addressing hate crimes, NIJ seeks applications for: (1) evaluations of interventions to prevent hate crimes; (2) research to improve understanding of...
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Nexus with Firearms and Violence
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This funding opportunity seeks applications for rigorous applied research on drugs and crime to inform the development of evidence-based tools, practices, and policies for state, tribal, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies that address drug trafficking, drug markets, and drug-related violence. The FY25 NOFO research priority is firearms—the intersection of drug crimes and firearm offenses in trends, interdiction, and prosecution, and efforts...
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
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This funding opportunity seeks proposals 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 across the community of practice. This program furthers DOJ’s mission by supporting the development of new knowledge and tools to address the challenges of crime and justice in the United States.
NIJ FY25 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
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This funding opportunity seeks applications for funding basic or applied research and development in forensic science for criminal justice purposes. NIJ’s Forensic Science Strategic Research Plan and Forensic Science Research and Development Technology Working Group (TWG) identify current research priorities and technology challenges encountered in operational forensic science laboratories. Research-based knowledge and newly developed tools that work toward addressing these priorities and resolving these challenges...
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
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This funding opportunity seeks 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. For that reason, this NOFO seeks applications for grant funding to conduct research and evaluation projects examining a broad range of topics, including the crimes of domestic violence (DV) and family violence...
NIJ FY25 Graduate Research Fellowship
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This funding opportunity seeks to support doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, advancing knowledge of victimization and effective victim services, or ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal or juvenile justice in the United States.
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Corrections
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This funding opportunity seeks rigorous proposals on: special populations in corrections, management and development of the correctional workforce, and the interaction between correctional culture and climate and safety and wellness.
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence for Criminal Justice Purposes
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This funding opportunity seeks to support research and evaluation that advances the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the criminal justice system. The goal is to improve the fairness, accuracy, and effectiveness of criminal justice processes through AI applications in crime prevention, public safety, and justice system decision-making. Research should explore both the benefits and limitations of AI, addressing potential risks and downstream impacts. Emphasis...
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