2011 Visiting Fellow: Criminal Justice Statistics Program

The summary for the 2011 Visiting Fellow: Criminal Justice Statistics Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	2011 Visiting Fellow: Criminal Justice Statistics Program
	CFDA Number:	16.734
	CFDA Description:	Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Statistics
	Category of Funding Activity:	Information and Statistics
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	2011-BJS-2998
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Apr 16, 2011
	Creation Date:	Apr 16, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 01, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 01, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jul 01, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	2
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	200,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	200,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants are limited to senior-level social science researchers and/or statisticians whose work on crime-related subjects has been extensively published and who are willing to commit a substantial portion of their time over a 12-month period to undertake analyses of existing BJS data and produce a publishable quality report summarizing their analysis.
Grant Description: BJS is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for one or more BJS Visiting Fellows to work in its Criminal Justice Statistics Programs with existing BJS data. The overall purpose of this program is to support the scholarly use of BJS data collections, expand the body of policy-relevant research that uses these data, and enhance or inform BJS statistical programs.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/vfcjsp11_sol.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Lisa Price-Grear Program Analyst Phone 202-616-3561

General Information [lisa.price-grear@usdoj.gov]
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