National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for funding innovative doctoral dissertation research that is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, and ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. This program furthers the Department’s mission by increasing the pool of researchers who are engaged in providing science-based solutions to problems relevant to criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice in the United States. This integrates into a single solicitation for two previously separate fellowship solicitations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Social and Behavior Sciences (SBS).

Proposal Deadline: April 15, 2020.

The Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program provides grants to accredited academic institutions to support outstanding doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to criminal justice. Applicant academic institutions are eligible to apply only if:

  • The student is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the sciences or engineering; and
  • The student’s proposed dissertation research has demonstrable relevance to preventing and controlling crime, and/or ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice, in the United States.

To learn more about the program, including answers to Frequently Asked Questions, go to https://www.nij.ojp.gov/GRF. Look for information on a webinar scheduled for 1:00 p.m. (eastern time) on February 4, 2020. Webinar slides and a transcript will be posted after the event.

Proposals addressing one or more of the following areas are particularly encouraged:

  • Reducing and preventing violent crime;
  • Addressing drug trafficking, drug markets, and drug-related violence;
  • Promoting law enforcement officer safety, health, and wellness;
  • Rescuing and restoring crime victims;
  • Securing our nation’s borders;
  • Enhancing law enforcement investigations and prosecutions, and
  • Investigating psychopathological, physiological, or biological correlates to offending behaviors and/or victimization.

Additional information can be found on grants.gov and in the program announcement.