The Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program provides grants to accredited academic institutions to support outstanding doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to criminal and or juvenile justice. Applicant academic institutions are eligible to apply only if:
- The student is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the sciences or engineering.
- The student’s proposed dissertation research has demonstrable relevance to preventing and controlling crime, and/or ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal and/or juvenile justice, in the United States.
Awards
Number of Awards: 24
Total Amount Awarded: $2,624,800
A multilevel analysis of juvenile life without parole and its reform: understanding the people, places, and politics that shape policy.
Assessing Solvability Factors in Missing Person Cases: A Mixed-Method Approach
Audio Deepfake Detection for Forensics and Security
Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis
California: A Decade of Decarceration
Cannabis liberalization policies and trends in cannabis-related school-based discipline: Examining sociodemographic disparities in Massachusetts
Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology
Development of computational methods for genetic identification and kinship analysis of forensic samples
Evaluation of cell capture and collection from bone
Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Washington State and their Impact on Firearm-Related Arrests and Convictions
Losing Sleep and Losing Control: The Impact of Subjective and Objective Sleep on the Problem Behavior and Mental Health of Justice-Involved Young Adults
Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System-The Effect of Mandating Treatment for Convicted Individuals
Military Sexual Trauma Experiences of Female Veterans in Michigan
Next Generation Emergency Networks
Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation
Operationalizing the Individual versus Group Fairness Dichotomy for Recidivism Risk Assessment: US Legal Challenges and Technical Proposals
Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Maryland's Bail Reform on Crime and Pretrial Outcomes across Courts
PRISONERS ON THE MOVE: EXAMINING THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF PRISON TRANSIENCY ON INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS
Regulating Data Bias in Intelligent Decision Making
Sampling and Selection Bias in Research using Documented Skeletal Collections
The Mortal Tragedy: Analyzing Body Disposal Patterns in Homicide Cases
THRIVE: Transformative Health and Reproductive Information for Incarcerated Women's Empowerment.
Thriving, Not Surviving: Refocusing Juvenile Justice Assessments and Strategies
We Met Them Where They Are, But Is It Enough? A Qualitative Examination Of A Co-Response Outreach Program Servicing Vulnerable Populations in Philadelphia
Similar Opportunities
- NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
- NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program
- NIJ FY24 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research and Evaluation