New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

The summary for the New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences 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.
New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: NIJ’s New Investigator/Early Career Program provides support for non-tenured assistant professors to conduct applied research on topics relevant to ORE including justice systems, violence and victimization, and/or crime control and prevention. Applications must propose research led by a Principal Investigator (PI) who: was awarded a terminal degree no more than four (4) years ago; holds a non-tenured assistant professor position at an accredited institution of higher education in the United States; and has not previously served as PI on an NIJ research grant or fellowship . NIJ encourages applications from diverse social and behavior sciences including but not limited to criminal justice, criminology, economics, law, psychology, public health, and sociology.

As a priority set by the Director, this solicitation broadens the pool of NIJ researchers by encouraging new scholars to champion their own research. The objective of the New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences is to provide assistant professors an opportunity to conduct applied research in an area of criminal justice. Priority will be given to research including, but not limited to ORE’s interests: justice systems (e.g., policing, courts, and corrections); violence and victimization; and crime control and prevention.
Federal Grant Title: New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Federal Agency Name: National Institute of Justice
Grant Categories: Law Justice and Legal Services
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: NIJ-2016-9152
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 319380
CFDA Descriptions: National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants
Current Application Deadline: May 2, 2016
Original Application Deadline: May 2, 2016
Posted Date: Mar 2, 2016
Creation Date: Mar 2, 2016
Archive Date: Mar 4, 2016
Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $1,500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
City or township governments
State governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Small businesses
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Individuals
County governments
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