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NIJ's 50th Anniversary - Looking Back, Looking Forward

August 2018
NIJ’s 50th anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on how far the Institute has come, as well as its direction and priorities moving forward. In this Research for the Real World event, panelists will speak to the history and future of the Institute, drawing from decades of experience working for and closely with NIJ. Two Former NIJ Directors will reflect on their days heading the agency and their observations on how the agency has changed over time.

NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives

Closing Date

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks to build knowledge on best practices in offender reentry. Specifically, NIJ requests proposals for rigorous research to examine reentry initiatives for adult or juvenile offenders that incorporate promising practices, strategies, or programs. These initiatives may be applicable to institutional or community corrections, or both. Preference will be given to applications that propose to use a randomized controlled trial (RCT). This...

NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium

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With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals to establish a Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium. The consortium will inform NIJ's R&D efforts, as well as, NIJ's stakeholders - criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, researchers, federal partners, and private industry by (1) conducting technology foraging activities to identify technologies for potential use by criminal justice communities, (2) conducting characterization/comparative testing and evaluations on technologies and practices to...