Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System (CRCJ) Early Career Awards
Supports early-career scholars using causal designs to study police, courts, jails, prisons, probation and parole, and immigration detention, including sentencing policy, post-prison outcomes, bias and disparities. Co-funded with Arnold Ventures.
- Indicative award
- up to $100k (total award)RSF's applicant information page states CRCJ awards are up to $100,000, with 15 percent indirect costs included in that figure. No minimum is published.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · AprNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.RSF's application-deadlines page lists the next Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System round as April 2027; no exact day was published at the time of checking. Related RSF core research grant rounds have letter-of-inquiry deadlines of 15 July 2026 and 28 October 2026 (2pm ET).
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty
- Eligibility
- Assistant professors (early-career faculty). Requires a credible causal design such as difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables or randomised trial; awards are made to the scholar's institution with 15 percent indirect costs included.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- sentencing policy · post-prison outcomes · policing · bias and disparities · immigration detention
- Apply at
- https://www.russellsage.org/apply/info
- 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.
Also on the Crime and Criminal Justice shelf
- Research grants and the Graduate Research FellowshipNational Institute of JusticeAmount not published · Annual cycle · Mar, Apr, May
- Grants and research partnershipsThe Annie E. Casey FoundationAmount not published · By invitation
- Evidence-based policy fundingArnold Ventures$250k–$5M · Rolling / open
- Grants and open callsOpen Society FoundationsAmount not published · Periodic calls
- Grants to address the overdose crisisFoundation for Opioid Response Efforts$100k–$500k · Periodic calls
- Federal and state evaluation contracts (SAM.gov)U.S. federal and state agencies$50k–$5M · Rolling / open