Opportunity Information: Apply for NIJ 2018 14064
The NIJ FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: NIJ 2018 14064) is a discretionary research and evaluation program offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, under CFDA 16.560 (Law, Justice and Legal Services). It was created on March 16, 2018, with an original application deadline of May 14, 2018. NIJ anticipated making about four awards, with a maximum award amount (ceiling) of up to $3,000,000 per award, supporting rigorous studies that can clarify what different policing approaches actually do in real-world settings.
The central purpose of the solicitation is to fund research and/or evaluation projects that examine how police crime-reduction strategies and practices affect four specific outcome areas: (1) crime, (2) officer safety, (3) criminal investigations, and (4) criminal prosecutions. NIJ is open to proposals that focus on either person-based approaches (for example, strategies aimed at specific offenders or groups) or place-based approaches (for example, strategies centered on hot spots or particular geographic areas). Within this broad scope, NIJ signals a strong interest in proactive policing and related strategies, with particular emphasis on focused deterrence, reflecting a desire to better understand not only whether these approaches reduce crime but also how they shape police work and downstream justice outcomes.
A key requirement is that any proposed project must include crime as a measured variable. Proposals that do not include crime are not acceptable. At the same time, NIJ is not looking for studies that measure crime alone; proposals that only address crime without also examining at least one of the other three outcome areas (officer safety, investigations, or prosecutions) are also not acceptable. The strongest alignment is for research designs that address all four outcomes together, since NIJ is explicitly interested in how crime-reduction tactics may produce tradeoffs or spillover effects across the policing and prosecution pipeline. In practice, this means applicants should be prepared to articulate how a policing strategy could influence crime rates, officer risk and well-being, investigative processes and case quality, and prosecutorial outcomes such as charging, plea decisions, or case dispositions.
The solicitation also encourages applicants to incorporate intervening or mediating factors that may explain why a strategy works (or fails) and under what conditions impacts differ. NIJ highlights two broad categories of these intervening variables. First are department-level characteristics and internal organizational dynamics, including how a strategy might affect officers and leadership in unexpected ways, such as changes in morale, stress, fear, and the on-the-ground decision-making and day-to-day practices of street-level officers. Second are neighborhood-level characteristics that can shape how policing is experienced and how communities respond, including social capital, collective efficacy, and perceptions of procedural justice. The opportunity suggests that these factors may help explain the pathways between policing strategies and the four required outcome domains, and it implicitly favors proposals that can test these relationships rather than treating them as background context.
Eligibility for this grant is broad and includes state, county, and city or township governments; federally recognized tribal governments; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those categories); individuals; for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. Overall, the opportunity is designed to generate actionable evidence about the full set of intended and unintended consequences of modern crime-reduction strategies, especially proactive approaches, by tying changes in crime to officer safety outcomes and to measurable effects on investigations and prosecutions, while also accounting for organizational and neighborhood contexts that may drive variation in results.Apply for NIJ 2018 14064
- The Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIJ FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.560.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 14, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Individuals, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - NIJ FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (NIJ 2018 14064)
What is this grant opportunity?
This is a discretionary research and evaluation funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (NIJ), titled "FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices." The Funding Opportunity Number is NIJ 2018 14064, and it is associated with CFDA 16.560 (Law, Justice and Legal Services).
When was the solicitation created, and what was the original deadline?
The opportunity was created on March 16, 2018. The original application deadline was May 14, 2018.
How many awards did NIJ expect to make?
NIJ anticipated making about four awards under this solicitation.
What is the maximum amount that can be awarded?
The maximum award amount (ceiling) is up to $3,000,000 per award.
What is the main purpose of the grant?
The central purpose is to fund rigorous research and/or evaluation projects that examine how police crime-reduction strategies and practices affect outcomes in four specific areas: (1) crime, (2) officer safety, (3) criminal investigations, and (4) criminal prosecutions.
What outcome areas does NIJ require projects to address?
NIJ identifies four outcome areas of interest: crime, officer safety, criminal investigations, and criminal prosecutions. Applicants should be prepared to explain how the policing strategy being studied may affect these outcomes and how those effects may connect across the policing and prosecution pipeline.
Is measuring crime required?
Yes. A key requirement is that any proposed project must include crime as a measured variable. Proposals that do not include crime are not acceptable.
Can a proposal focus only on crime outcomes?
No. NIJ is not looking for studies that measure crime alone. Proposals that only address crime without also examining at least one of the other three outcome areas (officer safety, investigations, or prosecutions) are also not acceptable.
What is the minimum combination of outcomes a proposal must include to be acceptable?
Based on the solicitation description, an acceptable proposal must include crime plus at least one additional outcome area from the following: officer safety, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions.
What approach is most strongly aligned with NIJ's stated interests?
The strongest alignment is for research designs that address all four outcomes together (crime, officer safety, investigations, and prosecutions). NIJ explicitly indicates interest in understanding tradeoffs or spillover effects across these domains, rather than looking at impacts in isolation.
What kinds of policing strategies or practices can be studied?
NIJ is seeking studies of police crime-reduction strategies and practices. The solicitation is open to a range of approaches, including proactive policing and related strategies, and it signals particular emphasis on focused deterrence.
Does NIJ prefer proactive policing strategies?
NIJ signals a strong interest in proactive policing and related strategies, with particular emphasis on focused deterrence. The goal is to better understand not only whether these strategies reduce crime, but also how they influence police work and downstream justice outcomes.
Can projects focus on person-based strategies?
Yes. NIJ is open to proposals focused on person-based approaches, such as strategies aimed at specific offenders or groups.
Can projects focus on place-based strategies?
Yes. NIJ is also open to proposals focused on place-based approaches, such as strategies centered on hot spots or specific geographic areas.
What does NIJ mean by "intervening" or "mediating" factors?
The solicitation encourages applicants to incorporate factors that may explain why a strategy works (or fails) and under what conditions impacts differ. These variables are intended to help explain the pathways between policing strategies and outcomes across crime, officer safety, investigations, and prosecutions.
What department-level characteristics does NIJ highlight as potential intervening variables?
NIJ highlights department-level characteristics and internal organizational dynamics, including how a strategy might affect officers and leadership in unexpected ways. Examples mentioned include changes in morale, stress, fear, and shifts in street-level officer decision-making and day-to-day practices.
What neighborhood-level characteristics does NIJ highlight as potential intervening variables?
NIJ highlights neighborhood-level characteristics that can shape how policing is experienced and how communities respond. Examples mentioned include social capital, collective efficacy, and perceptions of procedural justice.
Does NIJ expect applicants to test intervening or mediating relationships?
The opportunity implies a preference for proposals that can test these relationships rather than treating them only as background context, since these factors may help explain why impacts vary across settings and conditions.
Why does NIJ emphasize investigations and prosecutions, not just crime reduction?
NIJ is interested in the full set of intended and unintended consequences of modern crime-reduction strategies. That includes how policing tactics may affect investigative processes and case quality, as well as prosecutorial outcomes such as charging decisions, plea decisions, and case dispositions.
What kinds of prosecution-related outcomes are relevant under this solicitation?
The solicitation references prosecutorial outcomes such as charging, plea decisions, and case dispositions as examples of measurable effects that may be examined as part of the criminal prosecutions outcome area.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes: state, county, and city or township governments; federally recognized tribal governments; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those categories); individuals; for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses.
Are individuals eligible applicants?
Yes. Individuals are listed among the eligible applicant types.
Are for-profit organizations eligible?
Yes. For-profit organizations other than small businesses are listed as eligible, and small businesses are also listed as eligible.
Are nonprofit organizations required to have 501(c)(3) status to apply?
No. The eligibility list includes nonprofit organizations with and without 501(c)(3) status, with the noted condition that these nonprofit categories apply as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those categories.
What kind of evidence is NIJ trying to generate through this program?
The program is designed to produce actionable evidence about what different policing approaches do in real-world settings, including how proactive crime-reduction strategies may create benefits, tradeoffs, or spillover effects across crime, officer safety, investigations, and prosecutions, while accounting for organizational and neighborhood context.
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