NIJ FY 09 Personal Protective Equipment: Tactical Officers' Full-Face Respirator

Post Date

December 5th 2008

Application Due Date

January 21st 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

NIJ-2009-1949

CFDA Number(s)

16.560

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

100

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits applications to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. NIJ is seeking applications for funding to research, develop, and demonstrate technologies that will enhance the safety of law enforcement officers and other criminal justice practitioners. This solicitation seeks proposals that focus specifically on the development and demonstration of a: Tactical Officers’ Full-Face Respirator—An improved, ergonomic full-face respirator, capable of serving (1) as an air-purifying respirator (APR) employing an integral/detachable filter and (2) as a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), which law enforcement officers and other criminal justice practitioners can use while performing routine and tactical tasks that may pose chemical, biological, or radiological hazards.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  This application must be submitted through Grants.gov. For technical assistance with submitting the application, call the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1–800–518–4726 or send an e-mail to support@grants.gov.
  For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Brian Montg

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency's Point of Contact email address

• Agency Email Address:

  Brian.Montgomery@usdoj.gov.

• Location:

  National Institute of Justice

• More Information:

  link to solicitation