OpportunityTitle: NIJ FY 13 Establishing a National Criminal Justice Technology Research, Test, and Evaluation Center
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: In general, NIJ is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, States (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), and certain qualified individuals. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign institutions of higher education are not eligible to apply.     NIJ may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.
Description: NIJ seeks proposals to establish a Criminal Justice Technology Research, Test, and Evaluation (RT&amp;E) Center within the NIJ-funded NLECTC System. This Center will conduct focused RT&amp;E activities to inform NIJ&#146;s non-forensic technology research and development (R&amp;D) efforts. It will also conduct RT&amp;E activities to support NIJ&#146;s efforts to inform practitioners, policymakers, and researchers (&#145;the field&#146;) regarding technologies or technology-related issues for purposes of improving criminal justice policy and practice.
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GrantorContactText: For Grants.gov Technical Assistance call 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035; or e-mail support@grants.gov.  For Programmatic Assistance e-mail ST-Research@ojp.usdoj.gov.