FY 2016 BJS Faculty Research Fellowship Program in Criminal Justice Statistics

The summary for the FY 2016 BJS Faculty Research Fellowship Program in Criminal Justice Statistics grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
FY 2016 BJS Faculty Research Fellowship Program in Criminal Justice Statistics: Through this competitive solicitation the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking an academic organization to administer a BJS-sponsored Faculty Research Fellowship Program. The ultimate goal of the fellowship program is to increase the pool of researchers using criminal justice statistical data generated by BJS, thereby contributing solutions that better prevent and control crime and help ensure the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. The research fellowships envisioned will be relatively small-scale projects that can be completed within 6 months.
Federal Grant Title: FY 2016 BJS Faculty Research Fellowship Program in Criminal Justice Statistics
Federal Agency Name: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Grant Categories: Information and Statistics
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: BJS-2016-9333
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 321218
CFDA Descriptions: Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies
Current Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2016
Posted Date: Apr 15, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 15, 2016
Archive Date: Apr 18, 2016
Total Program Funding: $175,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $175,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $8,750
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible applicants are professional or scholarly societies based in the United States whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency. The entity should also have a history of promoting criminal justice education, scholarly research, and policy analysis. The membership of the society must include scholars who are national or international in scope and multidisciplinary in orientation; research professionals in agencies from all sectors of the criminal justice system; and students pursuing studies in criminal justice or related social sciences. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign institutions of higher education are not eligible to apply.
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