Deadline: 10-May-21
The U.S. Department of Justice and Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is pleased to launch a call for proposals for the 2021 Research and Evaluation Initiative Solicitation.
The purpose of the Research and Evaluation (R&E) Initiative is to research and evaluate approaches to combatting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (hereafter referred to as “VAWA crimes”). By generating more knowledge about strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, communities that benefit from VAWA funding will be better equipped to align their work with practices that are known to be effective, and they will be more capable of generating empirical knowledge on the efficacy of new and promising ways of doing things.
The initiative is designed to support researcher-practitioner partnerships and a broad range of research and evaluation methods, including qualitative, mixed-method, and quasiexperimental, and experimental designs. Because OVW has very limited funds to support research and evaluation, this initiative prioritizes topics for which a stronger evidence base would help OVW grantees use federal funds most effectively.
Areas of Study
OVW is interested in funding research and evaluation to contribute to knowledge in the six areas of study listed below.
- Justice: Ways to effectively pursue and achieve justice in cases involving domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; with justice broadly understood to include autonomy for victims, accountability for offenders, procedural fairness for all, and restorative justice.
- Victims’ needs: How victimization and its aftermath affect people’s lives, and what victims need to cope, heal, and achieve safety and justice.
- Cultures, disparities, and access: Ways that cultural differences and social inequalities matter in terms of where and to whom people go for help, and whether people are able to access justice and get services that are useful to them.
- Impact: Short- and long-term impact of the justice system’s response, victim services, and other VAWAfunded interventions on victim safety and offender accountability.
- Indicators of success: What success looks like and how to measure it—for victims pursing safety and justice, for offenders being held accountable for their violence, and for people who work with victims and offenders.
- Reducing recidivism: How to prevent violence from recurring.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $450,000.00
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $2,000,000.00
- Additional Information: Projects can be 12 – 36 months in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply for R&E Initiative funding:
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and state controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- County governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332445
