Funding Available for Analysis of Existing Criminal Justice Data

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announce a new funding opportunity for criminal justice researchers…

“Announcement: Funding Available for the Analysis of Existing Data

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) are seeking applications for funding under the Data Resources Program 2014 to reproduce, replicate, or extend previous findings and conduct original research using or extending data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). NACJD houses quantitative and qualitative data from NIJ, BJS, and OJJDP funded research and provides online access to downloadable, machine-readable (SPSS, SAS, or ASCII) files, as well as data dictionaries, study abstracts, and MapInfo or ESRI geographic data. Deadline for 2014 applications is May 5, 2014. See the… announcement.”

Need assistance writing your proposal? Contact the Yale Office of Grants & Contracts: http://www.yale.edu/grants/

See these library resources for “best practices”:

1. Congressional Research Service. (2009). How to develop and write a grant proposal

2. Congressional Research Service. (2009). Resources for grantseekers

3. Timothy Kachinske. (2010). 90 days to success in grant writing.

4. National Institutes of Health. (2009). The grant application writer’s workbook

For more information on NIJ, BJS, etc. holdings and priorities, start here.

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