FY 2019 Graduate Research Fellowship Program for Criminal Justice Statistics

(Solicitation)
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking applications under its Graduate
Research Fellowship (GRF) Program, which provides awards to accredited universities
for doctoral research that uses BJS’s criminal justice data or statistical series
and focuses on one of the top Department of Justice (DOJ) priorities: enhancing
national security and countering terrorism threats, securing the borders and
enhancing immigration enforcement, reducing violent crime and promoting public
safety, or prosecuting federal drug crimes and enforcing the rule of law.

Applicant institutions sponsoring doctoral students are eligible to apply if the
doctoral research dissertation has direct implications for criminal justice policy
and practice in the United States. BJS encourages institutions to consider
sponsoring qualified doctoral students from social and behavioral sciences,
mathematics, data science, or statistics for their applications. BJS anticipates
making awards to successful applicant institutions on behalf of the sponsored
doctoral student in the form of grants to cover a doctoral student fellowship.
Awards will not exceed $40,000. Awarded funds will cover all allowable expenses over
the project period. Additional funds will not be provided (see Section B. Federal
Award Information). If the doctoral student’s dissertation is not completed and
delivered to BJS within 5 years from the date of the fellowship award, the academic
institution may be required to return the full award amount to BJS. The Director of
BJS will make final award decisions.
All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on May 21, 2019.