The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks applications for funding to generate and advance knowledge, with meaningful implications for juvenile justice policy and practice.
Donor Name: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/29/2023
Size of the Grant: $3,000,000
Grant Duration: Up to 60 months
Details:
NIJ seeks applications for funding to support rigorous research and evaluation projects that inform juvenile justice policy and practice in the following three categories:
- research and evaluation of legislative and administrative policy changes affecting youth involved in the justice system on specified topics of
- community-based alternatives to youth incarceration,
- sealing and expungement of juvenile justice records, and
- reducing racial and ethnic disparities;
- research to assess dual system youth data capacity and service delivery across juvenile justice and child welfare systems;
- analysis on the use of the valid court order exception.
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by supporting the development of new knowledge and tools to address the challenges of crime and justice in the United States through fundamental research.
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. Special consideration will be given to proposals that dedicate at least 15% of the requested project award funding toward implementing such strategies, as demonstrated in the Budget Worksheet and Budget Narrative.
Funding Information
- Awarded Under Solicitation: $5,500,000.00
- Category 1: Research and Evaluation of Legislative and Administrative Policy Changes Affecting Youth involved in the Justice System: $3,000,000
- Category 2: Research to Assess Dual System Youth Data Capacity and Service Delivery across Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems: $2,000,000
- Category 3: Analysis on the Use of the Valid Court Order: $500,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
Up to 60
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- State governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County government
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
