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National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship
Deadline: April 10, 2024The National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program supports doctoral students engaged in research that advances NIJ’s mission. The goal of the GRF program is to increase the pool of scholars engaged in research that addresses the challenges of crime and justice in the United States, particularly at the state and local levels.
Award Type:
- $41,000 annual student salary
- $16,000 annually for tuition, fees, and administrative costs
- $3,000 annually for research expenses
- Up to three years of funding, usable over a five-year period
Eligibility Requirements
Students must be (1) enrolled full time in a Ph.D. program in a science or engineering field and (2) propose dissertation research relevant to improving criminal or juvenile justice practice or policy in the United States.
Eligible applicants in all science and engineering fields are invited to apply. Disciplines include, but are not limited to:
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geosciences
- Information Sciences
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Neuroscience
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Sociology
NIJ will give special consideration to proposals with methods that include meaningful engagement with the people closest to the subject of study, including practitioners as well as community members representing crime victims, people under criminal justice supervision, and members of high-crime communities. NIJ also seeks proposals that include consideration and measurement of issues of diversity, discrimination, and bias across age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation, as applicable.
Application
All applications for this award must be sent through the GW Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP). Please contact OSP to begin an application by filling out the appropriate Notice of Intent form. The Office of Sponsored Projects has three pods which serve different segments of the GW community. Please ensure you are contacting the appropriate pod based on where your doctoral program is located.
Once you have initiated contact with the Office of Sponsored Projects, the following external application submission deadlines must be adhered to:
Grants.gov deadline: April 10, 2024
JustGrants deadline: April 17, 2024