The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks applications for funding to support research involving federally recognized tribes (or Tribally-based organizations) on issues of crime and justice in the United States.
Donor Name: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,500,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding from two categories: Tribal researcher capacity-building (TRCB) planning grants and (2) research and evaluation proposals from previous TRCB grantees based on the results of the activities funded under the original planning grant.
Applications involving Tribal governments and/or being conducted on Tribal sovereign lands must have an executed Tribal resolution or executive order from the Tribal authorized representative (i.e., Tribal council/government) sanctioning the partnership and the project. Tribal partnerships with program staff of government agencies or programs directed and administered by Tribal governments require approval from the government body. Similarly, applications involving Tribally-based organizations (a nongovernmental organization such as a Tribal nonprofit establishment) must have a letter of commitment from the Tribal organization’s authorized legal representative (i.e., administrator, executive director) authorizing the partnership and the project.
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.
Goals
The solicitation’s primary goal is to build an increased capability to conduct rigorous research and evaluation projects involving Indian country and Alaska Native villages through promoting engagement between scientists and Tribal nations and organizations. This solicitation is also expected to inform strategies and practices to address the challenges of fighting crime and strengthening justice systems in Tribal communities.
Objectives
The objective of this solicitation is to fund multiple planning and research grants for projects that address criminal justice issues in Indian country and Alaska Native villages and feature engagement between scientists and Tribal nations and organizations. This solicitation also seeks to support the rigorous development of objective and independent knowledge and validated tools and disseminate them to interested/affected parties and policymakers.
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)
- NIJ will give special consideration in award decisions to proposals from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). MSIs include:
Funding Information
Category 1: TRCB Planning Grants
- Dollar Amount for Award $1,500,000.00
- Performance Duration (Months) 18
Category 2: TRCB Research and Evaluation Grants
- Dollar Amount for $1,000,000
Eligible Applicants:
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- State governments
- Special district governments
- Small businesses
- City or township governments
- 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 more information, visit Grants.gov.
