Assistance program
Criminal Justice Research and Development Graduate Research Fellowships
$4.5 Million committed in FY2018–FY2022
- Agency
- Office of Justice Programs, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 16.562
- What it does
- Goals: The goal of the program is to increase graduate research fellowship in social and behavioral sciences and in science, technology, engineering and mathematics that are involved in research relevant to problems that affect criminal justice policy and practice in the United States particularly addressing issues deemed critical by the U.S. Department of Justice. Through the GRF program, NIJ supports graduate education by investing in academic institutions that support outstanding and promising doctoral students. Objectives: NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program provides awards for research on crime, violence, and other criminal justice-related topics to accredited academic universities that support graduate study leading to research-based doctoral degrees in disciplines relevant to the Institute’s mission. This program furthers the Department’s mission by sponsoring research to provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels. Performance measures: N/A; program pending archival.
- Who benefits
- The ultimate beneficiaries of this program are graduate students engaged in research relevant to criminal justice, forensic science, and public safety.
- Who applies
- Degree-granting academic institutions in the United States. The institution must be fully accredited by one of the regional institutional accreditation agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
- Authorized by
- Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Part A, Sections 201-202, Pub. L. No. 90-351, 34 USC 10121 - 34 USC 10122; and an act appropriating funds for the Department of Justice in the current fiscal year. Title II, Subtitle D of the Homeland Security Act…
- Program site
- http://www.nij.gov ↗
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