DCF Research Review Committee: Research and Data Requests
New Jersey Department of Children and Families
The route for researchers to seek approval for research involving New Jersey DCF-affiliated staff, programs, families, children and youth, or confidential DCF client data. The researcher submits an application for a proposed research project by email, and the Research Review Committee reviews, approves and monitors it at monthly meetings.
- Indicative award
- Not a cash award (not a cash award)Not a grant; research approval and access to confidential client data. The page does not mention fees.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, DecPublished deadline: 2026-10-22 — 24 days awayPage lists proposal submission dates with review dates two weeks later, including October 22, November 19 and December 24, 2026 and January 21, 2027; applications must arrive at least two weeks before the meeting.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate, Early-career faculty, Any faculty rank, Mid-career & senior
- Eligibility
- Page covers research funded by DCF or involving access to DCF-affiliated staff, programs, families, children and youth, or confidential DCF client data; it does not state limits on who may apply. Aggregate data on the DCF site needs no permission.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- child welfare data · research approval · administrative data · state agency access · family services
- Apply at
- https://nj.gov/dcf/insights/research-and-data/research-and-data-requests/index.shtml
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-24. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
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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