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NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium

National Institute of Justice · O-NIJ-2022-171380

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Award Range

$0 – $2.9M

Total Program Funding

$2.9M

Expected Awards

Deadline

July 1, 2022

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium. National Institute of Justice. With this solicitation, NIJ seeks to continue funding the Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium. The consortium informs NIJ’s research and development efforts, as well as NIJ’s stakeholders — criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, researchers, federal partners,... up to $2,900,000 per award; $2,900,000 total program funding; ~1 awards expected.

Who Should Apply

Other eligible entities

Who Should NOT Apply

Individuals and organizations outside the specified eligible types

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Only the applicants that received an official invitation letter from NIJ are able and eligible to apply
•Deadline: 2022-07-01

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Competitiveness: Very high — extremely limited awards available

What This Grant Funds

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks to continue funding the Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium. The consortium informs NIJ’s research and development efforts, as well as NIJ’s stakeholders — criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, researchers, federal partners, and private industry by: 1) conducting technology foraging activities to identify technologies for potential use by criminal justice communities; 2) conducting characterization/comparative testing and evaluations on technologies and practices to disseminate information and/or promising practices for adoption; 3) administering the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP); and 4) supporting the development, validation, and maintenance of criminal justice equipment standards. Statutory Authority: Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (sections 201 and 202); the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (sections 231-233, 235); and 28 U.S.C. 530C.

Who Can Apply

Only the applicants that received an official invitation letter from NIJ are able and eligible to apply. Please refer to that letter for the eligibility requirements To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward. For detailed information on this certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Implementation Fact Sheet, and the List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Eligible Applicant Types

Other (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Maximum Award: $2.9M
Total Program Funding: $2.9M
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: grant

Key Dates

Posted: June 24, 2022

Application Deadline: July 1, 2022 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF-424) and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support, or support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and Federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov or JustGrants technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the NIJ contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Steven Schuetz, Senior Scientist, by telephone at 202-598-9388, or by email at Steven.Schuetz@ojp.usdoj.gov. Steven.Schuetz@ojp.usdoj.gov

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