Greetings Colleagues, 

The following grant opportunity was announced by US DOJ, NIJ this morning. 

--Iwan 

 

Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 Due December 30, 2021 

Program announcement site: https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-nij-2021-171008 

RFP: https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/O-NIJ-2021-171008.pdf 

The W.E.B. Du Bois Program supports quantitative and quantitative research that furthers the Department’s mission by advancing knowledge regarding the intersections of race, crime, violence, and the administration of justice within the United States. In FY 2021 under the W.E.B. Program, NIJ seeks applications for funding of investigator-initiated research examining how observed racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system might be reduced through public policy interventions at any point during the administration of justice. NIJ seeks applications for funding from two categories of researchers: 

1. W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars – Researchers who are advanced in their careers (awarded a terminal degree at least seven years prior to December 31, 2021) may apply for grants for research, evaluation, and mentoring less experienced researchers. 
2. W.E.B. Du Bois Fellows – Researchers who are early in their careers (awarded a terminal degree within seven years of December 31, 2021) may apply for grants for research and evaluation. 

 

Under this solicitation, NIJ will only consider applications for research on public policy interventions that may reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system. Prospective applicants from all racial and ethnic backgrounds are eligible to apply to the W.E.B. Du Bois Program. Researchers of color and women are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications must identify under which Category a proposal is submitted. NIJ will accept proposals to examine how observed racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system might be reduced through public policy in either the criminal and juvenile justice context or both. 

Although not required, NIJ encourages applicants to consider researcher-practitioner partnerships in responding to this solicitation. Research can provide practical solutions to the obstacles faced by criminal justice practitioners as they work to reduce racial and ethnic disparities. Through these partnerships, criminal justice practitioners can independently assess their programs and measure outcomes. Likewise, criminal justice researchers can better understand the goals and purposes criminal justice practitioners seek to achieve, and therefore provide more practical solutions for practitioners. Ultimately, these partnerships provide criminal justice practitioners with practice- and policy-relevant information, while affording researchers the opportunity to contribute to the current body of knowledge. 

 

Sample abstracts of similar funded programs by DOJ/NIJ 

 

An Evaluation of a Statewide Approach to the Prevention and Intervention of Violence using School Threat Assessment Teams https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards/2020-mu-mu-0011 

 

A National Assessment of Demand Reduction Efforts, Part II: New Developments in the Primary Prevention of Sex Trafficking https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards/2020-75-cx-0011 

 

Examining Radicalization's Risk and Protective Factors: A Case-control Study of Violent Extremists, Non-criminal Extremists & Regular Homicide Offenders https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards/2020-za-cx-0001 

 

A Two-State Examination of Varied Measurement Strategies for Juvenile Reoffendinghttps://nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards/2020-mu-mu-0039 

 

A Multi-Methodological Approach to Estimating Ancestry and Sex in Asian Groups for Forensic Casework https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards/2020-r2-cx-0020 

 

This links to a wider list of recently funded NIJ projects https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards/list