NIJ seeks funding applications for rigorous, independent evaluation projects on the following policing topic areas:
Topic 1: Police Conduct and Police-Community Interactions: Examining the impact of training, policies, practices, and strategies designed to improve police conduct, reduce use of force, and/or improve the frequency of respectful interactions between police and community members.
Topic 2: Officer Safety, Health, and Wellness: Examining the impact of health and wellness programs (e.g., resiliency training, stress management, and chronic disease management or reduction through diet and physical activity) in reducing officer levels of stress, physical inactivity and obesity, mental health disorders, substance use, burnout, and suicide; and promoting overall health, wellbeing, and performance.
Topic 3: Criminal Investigations: Developing a more current and robust knowledge base on the effectiveness of strategies and policies designed to improve clearance rates for both property and violence crime.
Topic 4: Alternative Traffic Enforcement Models: Exploring the impacts of alternative traffic enforcement models, including those that shift enforcement responsibilities for some traffic violations to non-sworn officers or other departments; guide sworn officers in restricting the types of violations that merit a vehicle stop; and/or focus on a less punitive response to traffic violations, such as voucher programs to fix broken vehicle equipment in lieu of a citation.
NIJ will be hosting an informational webinar about this funding opportunity on January 29, 2025, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET. Register for the webinar.
Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each with its own deadline:
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Submit SF-424 in Grants.gov.
Step 1, Grants.gov Application Deadline: March 20, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET
2. Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.
Step 2, JustGrants Application Deadline: April 3, 2025 at 8:59 p.m. ET
This funding opportunity is competitive; therefore, NIJ staff cannot have individual conversations with the prospective applicants. Any questions concerning the Funding Opportunity should be submitted to the OJP Response Center: 1-800-851-3420; TTY at 301-240-6310 (for hearing impaired only); or email [email protected]. See also NIJ.ojp.gov's Funding Opportunity FAQ page.
The following application elements MUST be included in the application submission for an application to meet the basic minimum requirements to advance to peer review and receive consideration for funding: Proposal Narrative, Budget Detail Form (Web-based form), Curriculum Vitae/Resumes for all investigators regardless of status (i.e., PI, subaward PI, Co-PI, subaward Co-PI, co-investigator Co-I, subaward Co-I, I, and subaward-I) and project directors. Make sure to also go over the application checklist provided in the notice of funding opportunity before submitting.
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