Criminal Justice Research and Development-Graduate Research Fellowships (16.562)

Program

16.562 Criminal Justice Research and Development-Graduate Research Fellowships

Federal Agency

Agency: Department of Justice
Office: National Institute Of Justice

Authorization

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended; Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, Public Law 100-690.

Program Number

16.562

Last Known Status

Active

Objectives

To improve the quality and quantity of knowledge about crime and the criminal justice system, while, at the same time, helping to increase the number of persons who are qualified to teach in collegiate criminal justice programs, to conduct research related to criminal justice issues, and to perform more effectively within the criminal justice system.

Types of Assistance

PROJECT GRANTS

Uses and Use Restrictions

Eligible students are doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research and writing on a problem related to law enforcement, crime or criminal justice. A fellowship is funded for up to 18 months. This competitive program provides fellowship stipends, major project costs, and certain university fees for a maximum amount of $15,000. Students who do not qualify for the doctoral program may consider applying for other research grants under the fellowship solicitation.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

Accredited institution of higher education offering a doctoral degree program. Degree does not have to be in criminal justice, but proposed dissertation work must be related to criminal justice issues.

Beneficiary Eligibility

The student must be engaged in writing a doctoral dissertation directly relevant to crime, law enforcement and/or criminal justice.

Credentials/Documentation

Eligible graduate students interested in competing for a fellowship must furnish along with the application for a grant, a letter of endorsement from the faculty advisor. Applicants must have completed all degree requirements except the research writing, and defense of the dissertation or an internship prior to the start of the grant. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure

This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. Detailed information is provided in the program solicitation which is obtained by sending a self-addressed mailing label to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000 or calling toll free to request a copy at (800) 851-3420 or accessing the web site at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij under "Funding Opportunities". This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110.

Award Procedure

Grants are awarded by the Institute Director based on the recommendations of criminal justice experts from outside reviewers and Institute staff.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

From 60 to 90 days. Approximately 90 days from application deadline.

Appeals

Hearings by the Director.

Renewals

Please contact program office for more information.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

This program has no statutory formula.

This program has no matching requirements.

This program does not have MOE requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Project durations are not normally less than 6 months nor more than 18 months. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Please contact program office.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Program reports are not applicable. Cash reports are not applicable. Semiannual progress reports are required. Three copies of the dissertation and an Executive Summary are required upon completion. Quarterly financial reports are required. Performance measure data, as stipulated in the solicitation, are required.

Audits

This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-133. All organizations that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in any fiscal year must have a single audit for that year in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-133, as amended, unless the audit condition on the award says otherwise. These audits are due to the cognizant Federal agency not later than 9 months after the end of the grantee's fiscal year.

Records

All project records shall be retained for 3 years.

Program Accomplishments

Not Applicable.

Financial Information

Account Identification

15-0401-0-1-754.

Obligations

(Project Grants) FY 08 $59,785; FY 09 est $109,285; FY 10 est $100,000

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

No Data Available.

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

The program solicitation, "Fellowship Opportunities," is available by sending a self-addressed mailing label to: National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20850, or call toll free to request a copy. Telephone: (800) 851-3420. Also available electronically from the Justice Information Center on the world wide web at www.ncjrs.org or on NIJ's web site at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij under "Funding Opportunities".

Related Programs

84.032 Federal Family Education Loans; 84.038 Federal Perkins Loan Program_Federal Capital Contributions

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

None.

Headquarters Office

NIJ National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice, 810 7th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20531 Phone: (202) 307-2942

Web Site Address

http://www.usdoj.gov/nij.

Examples of Funded Projects

Fiscal Year 2008: Resisting Drug Use Among Adolescents; Controlling the Offender in the Community; Eyewitness Memory and Aging; Sentencing Child Sexual Abusers; An Analysis of Police Post Assault Reactions Measuring Procedural Justice; The Fear of Crime by Older Americans; the Criminal Justice System's Handling of Drug Offenders, and Influences of Adolescent Delinquent Behavior. Fear of Crime and Its Antecedents; Drug Use and Help-Seeking Patterns Among University Students; Differential Drug-Use Patterns Between Institutionalized White and Black Male Delinquents in Georgia; Court Orders of Protection for Battered Women; Forensic Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases; A Survey of Federal, State and Local Prosecutors on Computer Crime; Community Policing and Domestic Violence; Female Gang Involvement in the Midwest: A Two-City Comparison; Violation of Probation Release Conditions and Criminal Recidivism; Impact on Crime of Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Policies and Practices; Specifying Public Support for Corrections Rehabilitation: A Factual Survey Approach; Impact of Managerial Style on the Colombian Distribution of Cocaine to the Wholesale Level; Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage or Delinquency and Drug Abuse; Evaluation and Review of the Peacemaker Court of the Navajo Nation; Non-Fatal Workplace Violence Epidemiology: Risk Factors and Legal Implications; Variation in Community Policing Activities Across Neighborhoods; The Peer Group Revisited: A Network Approach for Understanding Adolescent Delinquency; and New Estimates of the Cost of Crime: A Hedonic Evaluation. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Grasp of issues and the relationship of issues to significant problems confronting criminal justice in the United States, description of design and methodology, the potential utility of results, and qualifications of applicant to produce acceptable doctoral dissertation (based upon proposal paper, university endorsement, and researcher's background statement).