NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence | NIJ 2017 11182

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The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), part of the U.S. Department of Justice, released a discretionary grant opportunity titled "NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence" (Funding Opportunity Number: NIJ 2017 11182; CFDA: 16.560). The purpose of the program is to fund research and evaluation projects that strengthen what is known about violence against women and help identify practical, evidence-based strategies to prevent violence, improve responses, and reduce harm. NIJ is looking for proposals that generate useful findings for the field, whether that means producing new data, rigorously evaluating existing programs or policies, or improving measurement and understanding of how and why these forms of violence occur.

The scope of the solicitation is organized around three major topic areas: (1) teen dating violence, (2) sexual violence, and (3) intimate partner violence. NIJ highlights that it has specific areas of interest under each of these categories, but it is not limiting applicants only to those examples. In other words, projects that address other high-value questions related to teen dating violence, sexual violence, or intimate partner violence may be considered equally responsive if they offer important insights, advance knowledge, or improve practice and policy. This structure signals that NIJ is open to innovative approaches, emerging issues, and research that fills meaningful gaps, as long as the work stays clearly focused on one or more of the three violence-against-women domains.

In practical terms, this is a research and evaluation grant, meaning NIJ is funding work that can credibly answer questions such as what works, for whom, under what conditions, and why. That can include evaluations of interventions (for example, prevention programs, coordinated community responses, criminal justice or victim service practices), studies of risk and protective factors, analyses of systems and service pathways, methodological improvements (such as better tools for measuring victimization and outcomes), and other empirical work that produces actionable evidence. The solicitation is positioned within the law, justice, and legal services category, which also implies an interest in how institutions and systems (schools, courts, law enforcement, community organizations, health systems, and victim services) interact with victims and offenders, and how those interactions can be improved.

Eligibility for this opportunity is broad, which is typical of NIJ research solicitations and is designed to attract strong proposals from many sectors. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status, excluding higher education institutions where specified); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and even individuals. This wide eligibility opens the door for academic researchers, research firms, community-based organizations, and cross-sector partnerships to apply, and it supports the kind of multidisciplinary work that is often necessary to study teen dating violence, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence effectively.

Key administrative details frame the scale and timing of the opportunity. The solicitation was created on January 17, 2017, with an original application closing date of March 20, 2017. NIJ listed an award ceiling of $5,000,000 and anticipated making about 10 awards. The ceiling indicates that large, multi-site, or multi-year studies could be competitive if they are well designed and clearly justified, while the expected number of awards suggests a selective competition where methodological rigor, feasibility, and the potential value of the findings to the field are likely to matter a great deal.

Overall, this funding opportunity is aimed at expanding the evidence base on violence against women in three specific areas: teen dating violence, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence. NIJ is explicitly encouraging research and evaluation that can lead to clearer understanding of these problems and better solutions, while also leaving room for applicants to propose other relevant and high-impact lines of inquiry beyond NIJ's listed examples, as long as the work meaningfully advances knowledge and practice in one or more of the designated topic areas.

• The Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence" 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 Jan 17, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 20, 2017. (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 $5,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 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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