NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women | O NIJ 2022 171197

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The NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women grant opportunity is a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) solicitation, issued under the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), that funds rigorous research and evaluation intended to reduce violence against women and improve justice system responses for victims. The overall purpose is to generate objective, independent evidence and practical, validated tools that can strengthen prevention, intervention, and accountability efforts. The scope explicitly includes violence against elderly women and emphasizes the need for research attentive to American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls, alongside broader commitments to civil rights, racial equity, access to justice, community safety, and public trust.

The solicitation invites proposals addressing a wide range of violence against women (VAW) topics, including domestic and family violence, intimate partner violence and dating violence, homicide related to these contexts, rape and sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. NIJ is interested not only in understanding these crimes and their impacts, but also in examining the criminal justice system response: how agencies investigate, prosecute, adjudicate, and provide services; what policies and procedures shape outcomes; and which approaches improve safety, fairness, and victim well-being. In FY 2022, NIJ highlights two primary research tracks: (1) evaluation research that tests or assesses VAW programs, models, and practices, and (2) broader VAW research that builds knowledge about patterns, risk factors, prevention, implementation, and systemic responses.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement under CFDA 16.560, reflecting that NIJ may have substantial involvement in the work (for example, through collaboration on project milestones, methodological expectations, or dissemination). The posted award ceiling is $2,500,000. The original application closing date listed is April 26, 2022. An optional letter of intent was encouraged by April 15, 2022, submitted by email to NIJsVAW-FVResearch@ojp.usdoj.gov and addressed to the NIJ Director at NIJ, 810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20531 (overnight zip 20001). Submitting a letter of intent was not required and did not obligate an application.

A key operational expectation in this solicitation is the emphasis on strong partnerships when projects involve criminal justice or other agencies. Applicants proposing partnerships are expected to include letters of support signed by appropriate decision-making authorities from each partner agency. Those letters should explicitly acknowledge that the grant recipient will archive de-identified project data with the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) at the end of the award. Applicants are encouraged to review NACJD policies and protections in advance, and if funded, the grantee is expected to have a formal agreement with partnering agencies in place by January 1, 2023, including a provision that ensures the award’s data archiving requirements are met. If multiple agencies will use federal funds to carry out the project, only one entity can be the primary applicant; the other participating entities must be included as subrecipients.

Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and other eligible entities. Federal agencies may apply, but any award to a federal agency would be made through an inter-agency reimbursable agreement. Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign colleges or universities are not eligible to apply.

The solicitation also includes a significant law enforcement eligibility condition tied to Executive Order 13929, Safe Policing for Safe Communities. For FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding, state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or must have started the certification process. Certification requires, at minimum, that an agency’s use-of-force policies comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and prohibit chokeholds except where deadly force is legally authorized. This requirement applies both to direct recipients and to law enforcement agencies receiving funds through subawards. Additional details and approved credentialing bodies are provided through the COPS Office resources at https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO.

Finally, the solicitation states a strict financial condition: all recipients and subrecipients, including for-profit organizations, must forgo any profit or management fee. This means proposed budgets should be structured to cover allowable project costs without added profit, reinforcing NIJ’s expectation that funded work is research-driven and publicly beneficial, with deliverables that advance evidence-based practice and policy in preventing and responding to violence against women.

• The National Institute of Justice in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women" 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 2022-03-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-04-26. (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 $2,500,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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