The Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program provides grants to accredited academic institutions to support outstanding doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to criminal or juvenile justice.
Awards
Number of Awards: 20
Total Amount Awarded: $2,296,163
A Combined Molecular Analysis of Pollen Utilizing Lipid Profiling & DNA Barcoding for Plant Species Identification: A Forensic Application
A Multi-Method Genetic, Craniometric, and Isotopic Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Unidentified Latinx Remains
Advancing New Psychoactive Substance Detection by Performance Comparison of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Techniques
Child-Friendly Visits in Jail
Defining the Properties of Osseointegrated and Ingrowth Bone Around Orthopedic Medical Devices and Their Effect on Fracture Risk in Elderly Populations: A Forensic Anthropological Perspective
DNA mixture interpretation of SNP sequencing data for investigative genetic genealogy
Enhancing Equitable Forensic Identification: An Evaluation of Pelvic Morphology for Parity Detection and Age Estimation in Unidentified Skeletal Remains
Facility Exposure and Crime in New York City Streets: A Latent Profile Analysis Approach
Fraud Narratives: The ecology of skepticism towards Latino immigrants
How to Free a Butterfly: The Impact of Fair Chance Housing Ordinances on the Housing Outcome of System-Impacted Black Individuals
Improving police-public relationships through intergroup contact: A mixed-methods evaluation of the Voices communication intervention
Investigations Toward Development of a Technique for Rapid Identification of Forensically Relevant Necrophagous Beetle Species for Postmortem Interval Determination
Jury Deliberations of Child Witnesses with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lead by Example: The Effects of Police Supervisors on Officer Behavior
Leisure Risk for Youth on Probation: How it Relates to Recidivism and How Probation Officers Address it in Case Planning
More than a 'McJob': Criminal records, education, and access to middle-skill jobs
Procedural and Structural Justice Through Causal Understanding, Component Decoupling, and Relation Characterization
Schoolhouse interrogations and confessions: Perspectives from principals and students
Spatial analysis of social vulnerability and crime disparities through interpretable machine learning
The Ecology of Resilience: Examining Impacts of Service Engagement, Facility Safety, and Trauma History on Positive Life Trajectories in Justice-Involved Youth
Footnote 1 on page 6 has been removed. Questions about whether a degree program qualifies under “sciences or engineering” may be directed to the OJP Response Center. In particular, we would like to clarify that Social Work is considered to be a qualifying degree program field.
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