The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks applications for funding to support rigorous youth mentoring research and independent evaluation projects that address one or both of the following two topical areas: barriers/impediments for youth involved in the justice system to access mentoring services, and mentoring programs that serve youth involved in the justice system.
Donor Name: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,800,000
Grant Duration: Up to 60 months
Details:
NIJ will give special consideration to proposals with methods that include meaningful engagement with the people with lived experience of the subject of study; including, but not limited to, justice practitioners, community members, crime victims, service providers and individuals who have experienced justice system involvement.
Applicants are encouraged to propose multidisciplinary research teams to build on the complementary strengths of different methods and areas of subject matter expertise. NIJ also seeks proposals that include consideration and measurement of issues of diversity, discrimination, and bias across age, gender and gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation, as applicable.
NIJ seeks proposals that include robust, creative, and multi-pronged dissemination strategies that include strategic partnerships with organizations and associations that are best equipped to ensure that research findings lead to changes in policies and practices related to the subjects of study.
Goals
The goal of this solicitation is to advance basic research and evaluation on mentoring programs that serve youth involved in the justice system.
Objectives
This solicitation seeks to support research and independent evaluation projects in two topical areas:
- barriers/impediments for youth involved in the justice system to access mentoring services, and
- mentoring programs that serve youth involved in the justice system.
Priority Areas
- Priority Considerations Supporting Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
- Minority Serving Institutions
NIJ will give special consideration in award decisions to proposals from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
- MSIs include:
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
- Hispanic-serving Institutions (HSI)
- Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU)
- Alaska Native-serving Institutions or Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions (ANNH)
- Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI)
- Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving Institutions (AANAPISI)
- Native American-serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTI)
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,800,000
- Award Ceiling: $2,800,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
Up to 60
Eligible Applicants
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- For profit organizations other than Small businesses
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
