Deadline: 8 May 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for research and evaluation projects that support and inform federal, state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies and victim service providers in responding to the challenges that trafficking in persons (also referred to as “human trafficking,” or “trafficking”) pose in their jurisdictions.
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.
The goal of this research program is to contribute to the building of a comprehensive and extensive understanding of human trafficking as it occurs in the United States; and to provide federal, state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies with evidence-based knowledge and tools to address the crime as it occurs in their communities. The primary objective of this solicitation is to produce research studies that will fill gaps in the existing research literature, and build on existing work to provide necessary insights in priority areas. A second objective of this solicitation is to fund research that will provide the empirical basis upon which to formulate and implement policies and programs to address human trafficking in the United States.
The objective of this opportunity is Conduct research in social and behavioral sciences having clear implications for criminal justice policy and practice in the United States.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,500,000
Eligibility Criteria
- NIJ is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, States (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals.
- Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign colleges and universities are not eligible to apply. Federal agencies are eligible to apply. (Any award made to a federal agency will be made as an interagency reimbursable agreement.) All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- NIJ welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees) . The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering funding, managing the entire project, and monitoring and appropriately managing any subawards (“subgrants”).
- Under this solicitation, any particular applicant entity may submit more than one application, as long as each application proposes a different project in response to the solicitation. Also, an entity may be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=313255