This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) aims to study how community-based organizations (CBOs) and their coordination with government can innovatively and proactively reduce hate crime perpetration. The $665,999 grant, awarded on January 1, 2024, will fund a 2.5-year project led by the Research Foundation of the...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA 16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program, aims to conduct a comprehensive multi-site evaluation of specialized law enforcement bias crime investigative units. The $908,415 award to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International), with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, will support the following key...
This $942,512 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) supports a longitudinal study to examine the consequences and correlates of hate crime victimization. The research project, led by Florida State University, aims to: 1) Analyze within-person variations in bias and hate crime victimization experiences over time; 2) Investigate the...
The Florida International University was awarded a $994,787 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program. The grant will fund the development of effective hate crime investigation and prosecution strategies through a five-pronged data collection plan. FIU will examine state laws and interview 80-100 prosecutors nationally to gain...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded a $1,126,264 Project Grant to Advocates For Human Potential Inc. under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant will fund research and evaluation on domestic terrorism prevention from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026. Advocates For Human Potential Inc. will conduct this work in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The goal of the...
The federal Project Grant award of $400,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) supports the "No al Odio (No to Hate)" project. This 3-year project, awarded to the Pinyon Foundation (doing business as La Red Hispana), aims to empower and engage Hispanic communities in California to understand, report, and not perpetrate hate crimes. Key activities include: Developing and delivering at least four...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded a $1,192,220 Project Grant under the "National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants" program (CFDA 16.560) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to develop and administer the "National Survey on Support for Violent Extremism". The goal of this 4-year project is to provide valid and reliable estimates on the prevalence, magnitude, and geographic clustering of support for...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $694,620 Project Grant to the CNA Corporation, a non-profit research organization, to assess the efficacy of police departments' LGBTQ liaison services in addressing transgender-specific hate crime victimization and response. This 5-year study (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2029) will use a mixed-methods research design to evaluate LGBTQ liaison services, including data collection and analysis of calls for service, surveys, on-site observations,...
The Nassau County District Attorney's Office was awarded a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. Under this award, the DA's Office will enhance its Hate Crimes Unit by allocating funding to salaries for a Unit Chief, ADA, and additional...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a 5-year, $788,241 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to the University of New Haven, Incorporated. The grant will fund a mixed-methods evaluation of community-based violence intervention and prevention initiatives operating in New Haven, CT, and York, PA. The evaluation will examine whether the initiatives have led to stronger collaborations among community stakeholders, enhanced...