Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants

Overview

<p>The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), is seeking applications to fund new tribal-researcher capacity-building planning grants involving scientists working with tribal nations and organizations to develop tangible and mutually beneficial criminal or juvenile justice research studies that are rigorous and culturally appropriate. Research proposals must be tribally driven and address the challenges of fighting crime and strengthening justice systems in Indian country and Alaska Native villages.</p> <p>NIJ will provide small planning grants to fund applicants to develop new and innovative criminal and juvenile justice research studies involving federally recognized tribes and tribally based organizations representing a new tribal-researcher investigator partnership. NIJ defines a new partnership as a newly developed partnership where a relationship did not previously exist. NIJ will not consider applications that do not involve a new tribal-researcher investigative partnership (i.e., a pre-existing partnership or project continuation).</p> <p>Under this solicitation, planning grant funding can cover costs associated with:</p> <ul> <li>Engaging and conferring with tribal nations on criminal and juvenile justice research, development, testing (e.g., technology), and evaluation aimed to improve public safety in tribal communities.</li> <li>Establishing new tribal nation and tribal program partnerships and participation(e.g., technical and factual presentations to tribal leadership or governing bodies, including those requested by a tribe in connection with its process for providing its authorization [through tribal resolution or other appropriate documentation] to participate in a future research or evaluation project; obtaining participatory agreements; and securing tribal institutional review board [IRB] approvals, if applicable).</li> <li>Developing research questions and study designs using community-based participatory research principles that involve the tribal partner in all aspects of the research process.</li> <li>Conducting pilot, feasibility, or evaluability assessment studies that may involve collecting preliminary research data and secondary data analysis in support of one of the grant’s deliverables.</li> </ul> <p><strong>OJP Policy Priority Areas</strong><br>In FY 2021 and in addition to executing any program-specific prioritization that may be applicable, OJP will give priority consideration to applications as follows: </p> <ul> <li>Applications that address specific challenges that rural communities face.</li> <li>Applications that demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties.</li> <li>Applications that offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones).</li> </ul>