Research grants and the Graduate Research Fellowship
The research arm of the Department of Justice: policing, courts, corrections, reentry, victimisation — plus a dedicated fellowship for doctoral students working on justice questions.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)Project grants vary widely with design; the graduate fellowship pays a fixed stipend plus research costs.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Mar, Apr, MayNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual solicitations, usually opening in the first half of the calendar year.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- US institutions and, for the fellowship, students enrolled in a US doctoral programme. Data-sharing and human-subjects requirements are heavier than most foundation funding.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- policing · corrections · reentry · victimisation · juvenile justice
- Apply at
- https://nij.ojp.gov/funding
- 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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