The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), specifically the National Institute of Justice, is offering this grant program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This grant is for the purpose of supporting research and evaluation efforts related to state and local law enforcement assistance. It aims to promote Recovery Act goals by examining specific competitive grants from OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. Targeted areas include increasing criminal justice system capacity, understanding workforce impact, developing data-driven strategies for rural crime, and improving law enforcement effectiveness against Southern border narcotics activity. This initiative seeks to enhance knowledge and provide actionable information for law enforcement and criminal justice systems nationwide.
Opportunity ID: 46167
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NIJ-2009-2142 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Recovery Act: Research and Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | null |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Recovery Act |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.808 — Recovery Act – CFDA Byrne ARRA Competitive |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 19, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 18, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 18, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 30, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants include States (including territories), local governments (including federally-recognized Indian tribal governments), nonprofit and profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education. Certain eligibility requirements apply that relate to the Recovery Act. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institute of Justice |
| Description: | This grant program is authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) (the Recovery Act). The Recovery Act provides funding for various competitive grant programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice. Subject to the availability of funds, OJPs National Institute of Justice seeks applications that promote the goals of the Recovery Act through research and evaluation that supports the purposes of three Recovery Act competitive grant announcements issued by the OJPs Bureau of Justice Assistance: (1)Recovery Act: Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program; (2) Recovery Act: Assistance to Rural Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs; and (3) Recovery Act: Combating Criminal Narcotics Activity Stemming from the Southern Border of the United States. Targeted areas include: increasing the capacity of State and local criminal justice systems; learning more about the impact of preserving and creating positions in the criminal justice workforce; developing data-driven strategies that provide information to law enforcement to help prevent and combat rural crime; and improving efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement in combating criminal narcotics activity along or stemming from the Southern border. Applications for funding should be submitted through the on-line OJP Grants Management System (GMS). For additional information on the Office of Justice Programs Recovery Act Grant Programs, please visit the OJP website at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/recovery/. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Link to Solicitation Document |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Katharine Browning, Senior Social Science Analyst, 202-616-4786, Katharine.Browning@usdoj.gov; Linda Truitt, Senior Social Science Analyst, 202-353-9081, Linda.Truitt@usdoj.gov; or Brett Chapman, Social Science Analyst, 202-514-2187, Brett.Chapman@usdoj.gov
Email:Katharine.Browning@usdoj.gov |
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