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Grants

Comparing Grants and Cooperative Agreements

NIJ may choose to make discretionary awards in the form of grants or cooperative agreements. While many of you are familiar with grants, you may not be as familiar with cooperative agreements. Cooperative agreements are simply another vehicle to support high-quality research on crime and justice. Cooperative agreements enable us to take full advantage of the expertise of the NIJ scientists and support innovative research...