The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for its Research and Evaluation on Hate Crime Program.
Donor Name: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/29/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects to inform policy and practice to prevent and respond to hate crimes. Though applications may cover a range of topics, NIJ is particularly interested in funding:
- evaluations of federal, state, or locally funded efforts to combat hate crimes;
- research that informs strategies to prevent hate crimes;
- research and evaluations of strategies to improve the reporting, identification, and response to hate crimes; and
- research and evaluations of strategies to improve outcomes for survivors and their communities.
NIJ will give special consideration to proposals with methods that include meaningful engagement with the people closest to the subject of study, including practitioners as well as community members representing crime victims, people under criminal justice supervision, and members of high-crime communities.
Goals
The goal of this program is to develop knowledge to better inform policy and practice to prevent and respond to hate crimes.
Objectives
The primary objectives of this solicitation are to:
- conduct evaluations of federal, state, or locally funded efforts to combat hate crimes;
- conduct research that informs strategies to prevent hate crimes;
- conduct research and evaluations of strategies to improve reporting, identification, and response to hate crimes; and
- conduct research and evaluations of strategies to improve outcomes for survivors and their communities
Funding Information
Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $2,500,000.
Project Period
60 months.
Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- 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
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Units of local government
For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
