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Keeping Officers Safe on the Road

Date Published
May 28, 2010

Several reports highlight visibility issues for law enforcement and safety personnel responding to roadside incidents.

Solving Missing Persons Cases

Date Published
May 24, 2010

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has helped agencies solve cases and allowed families to find resolution.

NIJ FY 10 National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System: National Center

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of the National Center of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System, which serves as the system's information clearinghouse and administers NIJ's Compliance Testing Program. The National Center provides a variety of support to NIJ's science and technology activities. NOTE:See Frequently Asked Questions for this solicitation for clarification to some areas of the solicitation.

NIJ FY 10 Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of the Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence, a component of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System. The Center conducts testing, evaluation, technology assistance programs and other services with regard to tools and technologies intended for use by law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies to combat electronic crime.

NIJ FY 10 Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of a Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence. The Center, which will be a component of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System, will conduct testing, evaluation, technology assistance programs, and other services related to sensors and biometrics technologies applied to criminal justice application.

NIJ FY 10 Information and Geospatial Technologies Center of Excellence

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NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of an Information and Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence. The Center, which will be a component of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System, will conduct testing, evaluation, technology assistance programs, and other services related to criminal justice information and geospatial technologies.

NIJ FY 10 Weapons and Protective Systems Technology Center of Excellence

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NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of the Weapons and Protective Systems Technology Center of Excellence, a component of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System. The Center conducts testing, evaluation, technology assistance programs, and other services with regard to weapons and protective tools and technologies intended for use by law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies. Its focus will be less lethal...

NIJ FY 10 Criminal Justice Training Through The Use of Virtual Environments

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NIJ seeks proposals for solutions applying modeling and simulation technology to enhance criminal justice training through the use of virtual environments. Proposed solutions must identify and take into account legal, cultural, and social factors as well as policies, practices and procedures in order to create an as near to reality a training environment as possible. NIJ is willing to consider applications for the development of...

NIJ FY 10 Biometrics Research and Development

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NIJ seeks proposals for funding for research and development of biometric technologies that will positively confirm an individual's identity at 1,000 meters for law enforcement application.

NIJ FY 10 Technology Research and Development: Assured Communications for Law Enforcement Operations

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NIJ seeks qualified applicants for funding to develop effective solutions to provide law enforcement agencies with the ability to continue to communicate effectively (via voice, video, data, or other means), at the data rates necessary to conduct law enforcement operation, in (1) the absence of an adequate operating communications infrastructure and/or (2) in the presence of multiple, overlapping communications infrastructures with varying attributes.

NIJ FY 10 Pursuit Management Technologies

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NIJ seeks applications for fund for research and development of technology to help state and local law enforcement agencies better manage high speed vehicular pursuits. Vehicular pursuits represent a significant challenge for law enforcement agencies, in part because safe and effective vehicle immobilizing technology tools are not commercially available, and because pursuit outcomes may involve property damage, human injury and loss of life and potential...

NIJ FY 10 Geospatial Technology

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NIJ seeks applications for funding for research, development, testing and evaluation initiatives that address the geospatial technology needs of State and local law enforcement agencies. NIJ will also consider for use within the law enforcement or criminal justice operational environments the application of new technologies not developed specifically for law enforcement.

NIJ FY 10 Sensor and Surveillance Technologies for Criminal Justice Applications

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for funding for research, development, testing, or evaluation of improved sensor and surveillance technologies for criminal justice application. NIJ will also consider applications proposing to apply new technologies that were not specifically developed for criminal justice applications.

NIJ FY 10 Communications Technology Center of Excellence

Closing Date

NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of the Criminal Justice Communications Technology Center of Excellence, a component of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System. The center conducts testing, evaluation, technology assistance programs, and other services with regard to communications tools and technologies intended for use by law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies.

NIJ FY 10 Officer and Vehicle Safety for Law Enforcement Applications

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for funding to research, develop and demonstrate technologies that will enhance the safety of law enforcement officers and other criminal justice practitioners. These technologies and studies may include equipment worn, carried or used by criminal justice officers. Some efforts also may include the environment that an officer works in on a day-to-day basis. A major focus area of this solicitation is issues...

NIJ FY 10 Corrections Technology Center of Excellence

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of the Corrections Technology Center of Excellence, a component of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System. The center conducts testing, evaluation, technology assistance programs, and other services related to corrections tools and technologies intended for use by institutional and community corrections and other criminal justice agencies.

NIJ FY 10 Office of Science and Technology Continuations

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Awards made under this funding opportunity are Continuation awards. These are grants or cooperative agreements that provide supplemental funds to awards made in a prior fiscal year. Typically, these awards were made initially in response to competitive solicitations. NIJ often uses continuations to fund multi-year research and development projects.