Equipment and technology

At the request of the U.S. State Department, NIJ seeks proposals for an awardee to conduct research under NIJ’s Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) Aircraft Project. With support from the State Department, NIJ will fund a needs assessment and operational evaluation of light sport aircraft and supporting technologies to support the KWS Air Wing’s counter-poaching mission. Data and lessons learned from this assessment and evaluation will...

NIJ seeks proposals to develop, host, and maintain a web-based, online flight data and incident reporting system to, subject to law enforcement and national security concerns and limitations: (1) collect fight-operations data from law enforcement and other public safety agencies from their use of sUAS (defined as UAS weighing less than 55 lbs.); and to (2) make that information publically available for analysis by entities...

NIJ seeks proposals for funding to host the Small, Rural, Tribal, and Border (SRTB) Regional Center within the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) system. The primary role of SRTB center has been to provide technology assistance to SRTB law enforcement agencies. This was mainly accomplished by providing them access to information on tools and technologies that may meet their unique operational needs...

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals to operate a National Criminal Justice Technology Information Resource Center within the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) System. This center will assist federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement, corrections, and courts agencies in (1) identifying effective tools and technologies to meet their operational needs; and (2) adopting them into practice. This center also will administer...

NIJ is seeking proposals for research that links theory of any discipline (e.g., criminological, behavioral, economic, sociological) to geospatial predictive policing strategies. In particular, NIJ is interested in proposals that focus on linking theories to current policing strategies, discerning potential disconnects in the levels of analysis between theory and practice, explicating what effects this may have on findings, and, finally, addressing means of adapting theory...

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for funding doctoral research in the physical or life sciences, technology, engineering, or mathematics that is directly relevant to better preventing and responding to crime and ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice. Awards are made as grants to fully accredited, degree granting educational institutions in the amount of $35,000 to cover a doctoral student fellowship.

NIJ is seeking applications for research and technology development leading to the introduction into practice of new, innovative means to: (1) speed forensic processing of large capacity digital media, and (2) reduce digital evidence storage requirements.​

NIJ is seeking proposals from research organizations partnered with state, local, or tribal criminal justice agencies for research to identify, realize, and evaluate implementations of video cameras and advanced video analysis software that provide optimum crime control and prevention outcomes. NIJ will be most interested in receiving proposals involving the integration of video technology into policing strategies, most particularly those involving quantitative data analysis methods...