NIJ FY24 Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime | O NIJ 2024 171957

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The NIJ FY24 Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime opportunity is a discretionary research grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, offered in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. It is designed to fund rigorous, long-term research that tracks delinquency and criminal behavior across the life course, with the specific aim of improving what the field knows about how offending begins, how it persists, and what helps people desist. Rather than starting brand-new cohorts from scratch, the solicitation emphasizes expanding or extending one or more ongoing or existing longitudinal studies, meaning applicants are generally expected to build on an established study infrastructure, sample, and data collection plan.

At its core, the program is meant to generate evidence that can translate into more effective prevention and intervention strategies. By supporting interdisciplinary longitudinal work, NIJ is looking for research that can clarify developmental pathways into and out of delinquency and crime, identify risk and protective factors that change over time, and explain how individual, family, school, peer, neighborhood, and system-level influences interact across different stages of life. The intended public value is practical: stronger evidence for policies and programs that reduce delinquency and crime, improve community safety, and better support people impacted by the justice system, while aligning with DOJ priorities around civil rights, equity, access to justice, and strengthening public trust.

The funding instrument is a grant, listed under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category, with CFDA number 16.560. The opportunity number is O-NIJ-2024-171957, and the original application closing date was April 18, 2024. NIJ anticipated making about two awards, with an award ceiling of up to $2,000,000 per award, indicating that NIJ expects relatively large, multi-year efforts capable of sustaining complex longitudinal follow-up, new data collection waves, record linkage, or other major extensions to existing studies.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that can credibly lead or partner on large-scale research. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses) and small businesses; and other eligible entities. The solicitation language also notes federal agencies and general purpose local government units (such as towns, boroughs, parishes, and villages), reinforcing that NIJ is open to applications from a wide range of public-sector and research-capable entities.

In summary, this opportunity funds the next phase of established longitudinal studies of delinquency and crime, with the goal of producing high-quality, policy-relevant evidence about offending trajectories over time. NIJ and OJJDP are positioning this work as a way to strengthen prevention and intervention approaches, advance equitable justice outcomes, and support DOJ's broader mission to uphold the rule of law, protect civil rights, and keep communities safe.

• The National Institute of Justice in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIJ FY24 Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.560.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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