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NIJ FY 09 Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice, and Technology

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NIJ seeks applications for funding of specific innovative, high-payoff projects and activities fostering the adoption into practice of new, cutting-edge policy, practice, and/or technology related to: courts, crime and crime prevention, drugs and crime, forensic sciences, law enforcement, relevant technology and tools, and victims and victimization. 

NIJ FY09 Building and Enhancing Research Researcher-Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships

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NIJ is seeking applications for funding to support criminal justice researcher-practitioner collaborations. Such partnerships have frequently been encouraged in solicitations for research. However, there is a need for intentional activities that effectively use lessons learned from previous partnerships to provide opportunities for creating, enhancing, and improving criminal justice researcher-practitioner partnerships. This solicitation is aimed at developing existing partnerships, establishing new partnerships, and capturing significant lessons...

NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research

Closing Date
NIJ is seeking applications for funding of social and behavioral research on, and evaluations related to, crime and justice topics relevant to State and/or local criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice. Although most crime and justice topics relevant to policymakers and practitioners are eligible for consideration, NIJ has identified the following priority areas: Predicting Crime, Emerging Crime, Human Trafficking, Re-entry, Preventing Crime Related to...