NIJ FY25 Graduate Research Fellowship
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-NIJ-2025-172575
- Agency
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National Institute of Justice
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $180,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Points of contact
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- OJP Response Center ojp.responsecenter@usdoj.gov (800) 851-3420
- JustGrants Help Desk justgrants.support@usdoj.gov (833) 872-5175
- <Unknown> support@grants.gov (800) 518-4726
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, is soliciting applications for doctoral graduate research fellowships to support dissertation research relevant to crime prevention, border protection, law enforcement, public safety, and fair administration of criminal and juvenile justice. Eligible applicants are public and private higher education institutions conducting research designed to produce science-based solutions to criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice challenges. Key requirements include that applicants must be doctoral students whose dissertation research directly addresses NIJ priority areas, and institutions must serve as fiscal sponsors for student researchers. Applications will be evaluated based on merit, programmatic fit, budget appropriateness, and organizational risk factors, with final award decisions made by the Assistant Attorney General. The application deadline is May 19, 2026, with a pre-application webinar held on April 15, 2026 (recording available); questions must be submitted to grf@usdoj.gov with the subject line "Questions for NIJ FY25 Graduate Research Fellowship Webinar."
Award amounts and specific budget ranges are not detailed in the provided documentation; however, NIJ's broader Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (under which this fellowship operates) typically awards between $25,000 and $2.1 million depending on project scope. The fellowship program anticipates supporting multiple doctoral students with varying funding levels, with award periods generally ranging from 12 to 36 months, though specific timelines for this fellowship opportunity are not specified in the available materials. Research activities will be conducted at recipient higher education institutions and partner sites, with successful awardees required to maintain records for three years following submission of final expenditure reports and comply with uniform administrative requirements outlined in 2 CFR 200.
Synopsis
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Update #3 · Latest ·
This NOFO seeks to support doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, protecting the border, enforcing the law, promoting public safety, or ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal or juvenile justice in the United States. This furthers the DOJ mission by increasing the pool of researchers who are engaged in providing science-based solutions to problems relevant to criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice in the United States.
Update #2 ·
April 10, 2026: NIJ has modified this notice of funding opportunity to add pre-application webinar details. The webinar details are: Pre-Application Webinar - A webinar on this NOFO will be held on April 15, 2026, at 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. ET. Preregistration is required for all participants. Register for the webinar https://nij.ojp.gov/events/webinar-nij-fy25-graduate-research-fellowship. Submit any questions in advance to grf@usdoj.gov. Submit questions with the subject "Questions for NIJ FY25 Graduate Research Fellowship Webinar." - This NOFO seeks to support doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, protecting the border, enforcing the law, promoting public safety, or ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal or juvenile justice in the United States. This furthers the DOJ mission by increasing the pool of researchers who are engaged in providing science-based solutions to problems relevant to criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice in the United States.
Update #1 ·
This NOFO seeks to support doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, protecting the border, enforcing the law, promoting public safety, or ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal or juvenile justice in the United States. This furthers the DOJ mission by increasing the pool of researchers who are engaged in providing science-based solutions to problems relevant to criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice in the United States.
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