NIJ FY 09 Personal Protective Equipment: Tactical Officers' Full-Face Respirator

The summary for the NIJ FY 09 Personal Protective Equipment: Tactical Officers' Full-Face Respirator 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 National Institute of Justice, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

NIJ FY 09 Personal Protective Equipment: Tactical Officers' Full-Face Respirator: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits applications to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. NIJ is seeking applications for funding to research, develop, and demonstrate technologies that will enhance the safety of law enforcement officers and other criminal justice practitioners. This solicitation seeks proposals that focus specifically on the development and demonstration of a: Tactical Officers' Full-Face Respirator An improved, ergonomic full-face respirator, capable of serving (1) as an air-purifying respirator (APR) employing an integral/detachable filter and (2) as a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), which law enforcement officers and other criminal justice practitioners can use while performing routine and tactical tasks that may pose chemical, biological, or radiological hazards.