Causal Research on Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System (Request for Proposals)
Funds causal-design studies (RCT, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables) of US policies, practices and interventions affecting crime and criminal justice outcomes, measured with real-world behavioural or administrative data.
- Indicative award
- $110k–$500k (total award)No budget ceiling and no fixed period of performance. The RFP states a typical Criminal Justice Initiative project has a median budget of $500,000 over 3-4 years, with 25th/50th/75th percentiles of $110,000 / $286,000 / $429,000. Range recorded here spans the published 25th percentile to the stated
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The RFP states explicitly that there is no deadline for submitting a letter of interest; letters (max 3 pages) may be submitted at any time via the SurveyMonkey Apply portal. Favourably reviewed letters are invited to submit a full proposal; full proposals are by invitation only.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Postdoctoral
- Eligibility
- Award recipient is normally a tax-exempt organisation (US nonprofit or university); the policy or intervention studied must be in the United States; non-tax-exempt applicants must contact the programme first. Priority to early-career researchers (PhD within 6 years) and PIs new to Arnold Ventures.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- community safety · policing · sentencing · pretrial · impact evaluation
- Apply at
- https://assets.arnoldventures.org/uploads/Causal-Research-on-Community-Safety-in-Criminal-Justice-System.pdf
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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